| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-22页 |
| ·News and News Language | 第13-15页 |
| ·Social Values Conveyed by News Rhetorically | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Structure and Goals of This Study | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter 2 A Literature Review of Earlier Studies in News English | 第22-29页 |
| ·Studies in China | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies in Western Countries | 第23-28页 |
| ·Approaches to News English | 第24-25页 |
| ·Main Contributions Made by Western Researchers | 第25-28页 |
| ·A Brief Summary | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter 3 The Rhetorical Framework for Persuasion Analysis | 第29-70页 |
| ·Rhetoric as Persuasion for Our Times | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Persuasive Nature of Rhetoric | 第31-44页 |
| ·Rhetorical Activities Addressed as Persuasion | 第34-35页 |
| ·Rhetorical Activities Used as Symbolic Persuasion | 第35-39页 |
| ·Rhetorical Activities Used as Reasonable Persuasion | 第39-44页 |
| ·Persuasive Modes of Rhetoric | 第44-49页 |
| ·Classical Persuasive Discourse | 第44-45页 |
| ·Classical Persuasive Modes | 第45-49页 |
| ·Appeals to Logos | 第47-48页 |
| ·Appeals to Pathos | 第48页 |
| ·Appeals to Ethos | 第48-49页 |
| ·Rhetorical Topic: Toward Persuasion | 第49-50页 |
| ·Persuasive Canons of Rhetoric | 第50-59页 |
| ·Disposition: Macro-rhetoric | 第51-57页 |
| ·Introduction | 第54-56页 |
| ·Statement of Fact | 第56-57页 |
| ·Style | 第57-59页 |
| ·Pentadic Analysis of Rhetorical Persuasion | 第59-65页 |
| ·Burke’s Rhetorical Perspective | 第60-61页 |
| ·Burke’s Pentadic Theory | 第61-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-70页 |
| Chapter 4 The Persuasive Nature of News Texts | 第70-83页 |
| ·News Texts Addressed as Persuasive Stories | 第74-78页 |
| ·News Texts as Symbolic Persuasion | 第78-80页 |
| ·News Texts as Reasonable Persuasion | 第80-82页 |
| ·Brief Summary | 第82-83页 |
| Chapter 5 The Persuasive Modes of News Texts | 第83-104页 |
| ·Persuasive Appeals to Logos | 第84-91页 |
| ·Persuasive Appeals to Pathos | 第91-96页 |
| ·Persuasive Appeals to Ethos | 第96-104页 |
| Chapter 6 Topic in News Texts: toward Persuasion | 第104-116页 |
| ·The Topic of Comparison | 第105-107页 |
| ·The Topic of Relationship | 第107-110页 |
| ·The Topic of Description | 第110-116页 |
| Chapter 7 The Persuasive Canons of News Texts | 第116-150页 |
| ·Disposition: Macro-rhetoric of News Texts | 第116-139页 |
| ·Introduction: the Headline and the Lead | 第123-136页 |
| ·Introduction as Informative Persuasion | 第125-126页 |
| ·Introduction as Ingratiating Persuasion | 第126-127页 |
| ·The Headline as Persuasion | 第127-136页 |
| ·Statement of Facts | 第136-139页 |
| ·The Rhetoric of Statement of Facts | 第137-138页 |
| ·Persuasive Feature of Statement of Facts | 第138-139页 |
| ·Rhetorical Persuasive Style | 第139-150页 |
| ·Rhetorical Situation for News Style | 第141-144页 |
| ·Persuasive Style of News Texts | 第144-150页 |
| ·Choice of Words | 第144-145页 |
| ·Syntax | 第145-148页 |
| ·Rhetorical Figures | 第148-150页 |
| Chapter 8 The Pentadic Analysis of News Texts | 第150-156页 |
| ·The Pentad of News Texts | 第150-153页 |
| ·Substance of News Texts | 第153页 |
| ·News Pentad in Rhetorical Mapping of News Texts | 第153-156页 |
| Chapter 9 Conclusion | 第156-159页 |
| ·A Summary of the Dissertation | 第156-157页 |
| ·Further Efforts to be Made | 第157-159页 |
| Bibliography | 第159-167页 |
