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[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. 【摘要】英语新闻标题在报刊英语中占有十分重要的地位，可谓是新闻的概要，也是新闻的窗口。本文就新闻标题进行了全面的归类和分析。首先，描述标题在形式上的分类和意义上的分类，让读者对新闻标题有一定的感性认识；然后再进一步说明标题用词短小，喜欢用缩略词和截短词及典故；再对新闻标题善用各种修辞手段：比喻，对比，押韵，双关，借代，矛盾修辞法进行举例分析；又归纳了时态语态在新闻标题中的变换省略和替代；最后对新闻标题最大的特色：省略详加叙述。至此，希望读者已经对英语新闻标题有了理性深入的了解。阅读新闻是对了解当今政治，经济，科学，文化，和社会等信息最有效的方法，而对英语新闻标题的理解掌握，则使英语新闻的阅读更有效率。 1.Introduction A piece of news is composed by three parts: headline，leading and body among which a headline is the epitome and highlight of the content of newspapers and periodicals. 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. 2.Types of headlines 2.1 Categories according to their forms. 2.1.1 flush left headline In a flush left headline, every word takes up one line and begins at the very left. That is the common form of modern English newspapers. The following example can show you what is a flush left headline. e.g. IMF WILL HAVE SAY 2.1.2 Banner headline Every 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. e.g. House Passes Bush Plan to Cut Taxes 2.1.3 drop form headline It 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. e.g. FBI Agrees to Cease Its Illegal Surveillance Of the Research Institute 2.1.4Inverted Pyramid headline It is also popular for nice looking. It forms a Pyramid-looking headline. e.g. Factory Walkout Threat Over Sacking 2.1.5 Double headline This kind of headline is used mostly for the report of big events. It has two lines: one is main headline and the other auxiliary headline. (1)e.g.1 Expect to Go to U.S. Castro to Free Thousands of Prisoners (2)e.g.2 It Isn’t the Cow That Are Mad It’s the People That Are going Mad 2.1.6 Jump head headline The headline is divided into two parts: original head and jump head. A original part is in one page, but after the body