ESSENTIAL ENGLISH RHETORICAL DEVICES PART ONE I. 0 An Elementry Introduction to the Historical Background of Rhetoric Ⅰ. 1 What Rhetoric Treats about Today? Ⅰ. 2 The Importance of Studying Rhetoric PART TWO Ⅱ. O Diction Ⅱ. 1 The Effect of Words Ⅱ. 2 Abstract and Concrete Words Ⅱ. 3 General and Specific Words Ⅱ. 4 Denotation and Conotation Ⅱ. 5 Synonyms Ⅱ. 6 Idioms Ⅱ. 7 Present Words Ⅱ. 8 National Words Ⅰ. 9 Technical Words Ⅱ. 10 Newly-coined Words Ⅱ. 11 Words to Avoid for Good Taste Ⅱ. 12 Obsolete Words Ⅱ. 13 Colloquialisms Ⅱ. 14 Slang Ⅱ. 15 Provincialisms Ⅱ. 16 Vulgarisms Ⅱ. 17 Jargon Ⅱ. 18 Clieh6s Ⅱ. 19 Gobbledygook and Shoptalk PART THREE 11I. 0 Figures of Speech Ⅲ. 1 Simile Ⅲ. 2 Metaphor Ⅲ. 3 Analogy Ⅲ. 4 Personification Ⅲ. 5 Hyperbole Ⅲ. 6 Understatement Ⅲ. 7 Euphemism Ⅲ. 8 Contrast Ⅲ. 9 Metonymy Ⅲ. 10 Synecdoche Ⅲ. 11 Antonomasia Ⅲ. 12 Pun Ⅲ. 13 Syllepsis Ⅲ. 14 Zeugma Ⅲ. 15 Irony Ⅲ. 16 Innuendo Ⅲ. 17 Satire Ⅲ. 18 Paradox Ⅲ. 19 Oxymoron Ⅲ. 20 Parody Ⅲ. 21 Transferred Epithet Ⅲ. 22 Synaesthesia …… PART FOUR ESSENTIAL CHINESE RHETORICAI DEVICES APPENDIXⅠ:Exercises in Figures of Speech APPENDIXⅡ:Answers to the Exercises APPENDIXⅢ:A List of Some Linguistic Tems REFERENCES