ChapterOneIntroductiontoEnglishRhetoricEnglishRhetoricContentsofThisChapter.AbouttheCourse.DefinitionofRhetoric.ClassificationofRhetoric.Purposeoflearningrhetoric.ArrangementandRequirements2 1.OptionalcourseofEnglishMajor 2.Learners:SeniorsofEnglishMajor 3.Maincontent:AbouttheCourseuGeneralideaaboutEnglishrhetoricabriefandinterestingsurveyofthehistoryofrhetoricwithemphasisonseveralmajorclassicalrhetoriciansandtheirtheoriesandapplicationuCommunicativerhetoricthechoiceofwords,thechoiceofsentences,