【正文】 o called invasion is not its original meaning. of using vocabularies in headlinesHeadlines of news tend to use special words which we all know in daily but may get confused when meet them in news. Short words are often used.Editors disgust long words badly which not only take up lines but also seemed ugly. For the sake of nice and balance，editors like short words to generalize news.. aid－assistance【關(guān)鍵詞】 英語。本文就新聞標(biāo)題進(jìn)行了全面的歸類和分析。英語新聞標(biāo)題的特點(diǎn)[Abstract] Headlines are quite essential for English news. They are the windows of news. This paper describes the types of headlines and also explains the features of headlines. Firstly, introduction of classifications of headlines can give readers a perceptual knowledge. Secondly, in order to give readers some rational knowledge about headlines, this paper then explains characteristics of vocabularies in headlines, ie. short words, shortenings, quotations, proverbs, wisdoms, idioms are often used in headline. It also gives examples of rhetorical characteristics such as metaphor, contrast, rhyme, pun, metonymy and paradox and so on so forth. Finally the paper concludes tense and voice features in headlines and sums up the most important feature of headlines: omission. News media is the best channel of knowing every field including politics, economics, science, culture, and society. This paper aims to help English learners know English news well and read news efficiently.[Key Words] English。 首先，描述標(biāo)題在形式上的分類和意義上的分類，讓讀者對(duì)新聞標(biāo)題有一定的感性認(rèn)識(shí)；然后再進(jìn)一步說明標(biāo)題用詞短小，喜歡用縮略詞和截短詞及典故；再對(duì)新聞標(biāo)題善用各種修辭手段：比喻，對(duì)比，押韻，雙關(guān)，借代，矛盾修辭法進(jìn)行舉例分析；又歸納了時(shí)態(tài)語態(tài)在新聞標(biāo)題中的變換省略和替代；最后對(duì)新聞標(biāo)題最大的特色：省略詳加敘述。 新聞標(biāo)題。 Headlines printed on the papers are the windows of the news and it can let readers know it is worth reading .it is essential for readers to understand headlines to decide which column should be read while which not.In this paper, features of using vocabulary , tense and voice，omission of words and using of various rhetoric of headlines from English newspapers and periodicals are approached for the purpose of giving a better understanding of the contents of news and improving English learners’ reading ability. of headlines Categories according to their forms. flush left headline In a flush left headline, every word takes up one line and begins at the very left. That is the mon form of modern English newspapers. The following example can show you what is a flush left headline.. IMFWILLHAVE SAY Banner headlineEvery headline word in it is large and bold and the whole headline often covers several columns. It is also called first large headline and often used in front page for its attraction.. House Passes Bush Plan to Cut Taxes drop form headlineIt looks like a ladder. There are several lines in it and the following line draws back several letters from the above one. Beauty and nice are its merits.. FBI Agrees to Cease Its Illegal Surveillance Expect to Go to .Castro to Free Thousands of Prisoners . Pentagen PlansSystem to Flight Russia Satellites(original) Weapon enemy rap－accusation, charge ，in his “Journal English” he said idioms are full of headlines. They are used widely as well as changed their forms very often to give a sense of being humor and alive.(1). All Roads to Venice and French speaking Canada. Thereby illustrate the unsteady of Canadian system. “A House in Two Part” is suitable as well as vivid. Contrast. . is Long on Game Shows，Short on Foreign NewsThis is a press on . TV program. It is distinctly contrast and irony. Alliteration and Consonance(1). Soldiers Salary Soars “S” is the beginning letter of every words ，and this is alliterate.(2) “The Great White Wait’’ “In . “white” indicate snow and letter “T” is the rhyme ending of three words.”[5] p36“Alliteration and rhyme here sounds well and give a special atmosphere to catch readers eyes.”[6] p139 PunsPuns are often in irony，humorous headlines. If they are used proper this trend would be stronger.(1). “The Sun Sets For the Last Time” “It tells us an English newspaper in Hong Kong called sun is stop ing out. The ‘sun’ here is a pun.