本书第1章论述修辞学的定义及其与演讲术的相互关系。第2章介绍英语修辞学及其产生渊源。第3章分析学习英语修辞的重要意义。第4章讨论选词。第5章讨论用句。第6~11章**讨论英语修辞格。其中,第6章讨论修辞格的定义、功能及其使用原则;第7章讨论音形类修辞格;第8、9章讨论句法结构类修辞格;第10章讨论语义类修辞格;第11章讨论逻辑类修辞格。为帮助读者掌握各章内容,每章之后均安排思考题或多种形式的练习题,书末安排综合测试题,并提供部分参考答案。
本书为英语专业本科学生教材,也可供英语修辞研究者及具备相当英语阅读能力的其他英语学习者学习参考。

Part One
Chapter 1 What Is Rhetoric?
1.1 Rhetoric and oratory
1.2 Conntation of rhetoric
1.3 Definitions of rhetoric
1.4 Five assumptions
Exercises
Chapter 2 Brief History of Western Rhetoric
2.1 Classical rhetoric
2.2 Rhetoric in the Middle Ages
2.3 Rhetoric in the Renaissance
2.4 New Classical Rhetoric
2.5 Contemporary rhetoric
2.6 Conclusion
Exercises
Chapter 3 The Importance of Learning English Rhetoric
Exercises
Part Two
Chapter 4 Choice of Words
Chapter 5 Choice of Sentences
Part Three
Chapter 6 Introduction:Figures of Speech
Chapter 7 Phonetic Figures of Speech
Chapter 8 Syntactic Figures of Speech(I)
Chapter 9 Syntactic Figures of Speech(II)
Chapter 10 Semantic Figures of Speech
Chapter 11 Logical Figures of Speech
Appendix A A Genaral Test on Figures of Speech
Appendix B Keys to the Exercises
Appendix C Answers to General Test on Figures of Speech
Bibliography
Index