CHAPTER 1Introduction
1.1Backgroundofthe Study
1.2Purposes of the Study
CHAPTER 2Literature Review
2.1Contrastive Rhetoric CR
2.1.1Background of CR
2.1.2Development of CR
2.1.3Aristotle''s Rhetoric Theory and CR
2.2Genre Analysis
2.2.1Definition of Genre
2.2.2Definitions of Move and Step
2.2.3Features ofGenreAnalysis
2.3Systemic Functional Linguistics
2.3.1Theory of Context
2.3.2System of Interpersonal Function
2.3.3Hasan''s Contextual Configuration
2.4Critical Discourse Analysis CDA
2.4.1Principles of CDA
2.4.2Methodology of CDA
2.4.3Fairclough''s CDA
2.4.4Critiques ofCDA
2.5Studies in Writing of English for Specific Purposes ESP
2.5.1Definition ofESP
2.5.2Studies in ESP Writing
2.6English Job Application Letters
2.6.1Functions
2.6.2Previous Studies
CHAPTER 3Research Design
3.1Participants
3.2Instruments
3.3Data Analysis
3.3.1Analysis of Moves and Rhetorical Structures
3.3.2Analysis of Linguistic Features
3.3.3Analysis of Persuasive Appeals
CHAPTER 4Results and Discussions
4.1Analysis of Moves and Rhetorical Structures
4.1.1Moves, Steps, and Sub-steps
4.1.2Rhetorical Structures
4.2Analysis of Linguistic Features
4.2.1Statistics of Wordlists
4.2.2Person
4.2.3Mood
4.2.4Modal Auxiliaries
4.2.5Interpersonal Metaphors
4.3Analysis of Persuasive Appeals
CHAPTER 5Conclusions
REFERENCES
APPENDIX AInformed Consent Forms
APPENDIX BTask Assignment for Chinese College Students
APPENDIX CExamples of English Job application Letters in Corpora A, B and C
APPENDIX DExtracts of Concordance List
INDEX
EPILOGUE