| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION | 第9-20页 |
| ·An Introduction to Rhetorics | 第9-14页 |
| ·The definition of rhetorics | 第9-10页 |
| ·The classification of rhetorics | 第10-11页 |
| ·Purposes of rhetorics | 第11页 |
| ·The highest principles of rhetorics | 第11-12页 |
| ·The rhetorical triangle | 第12-14页 |
| ·An Introduction to the Political Inaugural Address | 第14-16页 |
| ·An Introduction to the Background of Roosevelt's Four Inaugural Addresses | 第16-17页 |
| ·Database and Methodology | 第17-19页 |
| ·Objectives of the Paper | 第19页 |
| ·The Layout of the Paper | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-24页 |
| ·A General Survey of Rhetorics Study | 第20-22页 |
| ·Rhetorics study in China | 第20-21页 |
| ·Rhetorics study in Western countries | 第21-22页 |
| ·A Survey of the Presidential Inaugural Address | 第22-24页 |
| ·Presidential inaugural address study in China | 第22-23页 |
| ·Presidential inaugural address study in Western countries | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 3 RHETORICS ON THE LEXICAL LEVEL OF FDR'S FOUR INAUGURAL ADDRESSES | 第24-43页 |
| ·A General Survey of the Words Used in FDR's Four Inaugural Addresses | 第24-25页 |
| ·Some Lexical Features in FDR's Four Inaugural Addresses | 第25-40页 |
| ·Abstract words | 第25-28页 |
| ·Personal pronouns | 第28-35页 |
| ·Figures of speech on the lexical level | 第35-40页 |
| ·A Conclusion of the Lexical Features in FDR's Four Inaugural Addresses | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter 4 RHETORICS ON THE SYNTACTIC LEVEL OF FDR'S FOUR INAUGURAL ADDRESSES | 第43-57页 |
| ·A General Survey of Sentences Used in FDR's Four Inaugural Addresses | 第43页 |
| ·Some Features of Sentences Used in FDR's Four Inaugural Addresses | 第43-55页 |
| ·Sentence length | 第43-47页 |
| ·Sentence structure | 第47-50页 |
| ·Rhetorical sentences | 第50-55页 |
| ·A Conclusion of the Syntactic Features in FDR's Four Inaugural Addresses | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 5 CONCLUSION | 第57-61页 |
| REFERENCES | 第61-63页 |
| APPENDIXES | 第63-80页 |
