Author(s)

YiXiao Hou

Affiliation(s)

School of English Studies, Xi'an International Studies University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

Corresponding Author

YiXiao Hou

ABSTRACT

Essential rhetorical strategies help writers to enhance both the art of their language and the effectiveness of their communication in particular sociocultural contexts. In the Western world, Composition-Rhetoric has been considered as an independent discipline for decades, in which significant scholars exert tremendous influences upon this field. In China, however, few people clarify a clear definition of rhetoric, not to mention providing monographs that specifically contemplate the interconnections between rhetoric and writing. This is problematic, in that ignoring the humanistic factors and rhetorical strategies, which are rooted in thousands of years of tradition and behind the language, Chinese EFL learners make many mistakes in their writing, which perplexes native speakers and fail to achieve the intended communicative purpose. Fortunately, the monograph Rhetoric and Composition Studies edited by Donghong Liu and Keith Lloyd, fills the gap in this field in China. This article provides an evaluative review of this monograph, hoping to recommend it for Chinese EFL writing instructors and students, as well as researchers dedicated to composition studies.

KEYWORDS

Rhetoric; Composition studies; Second language writing; EFL instruction; Audience awareness

CITE THIS PAPER

YiXiao Hou. Book review: rhetoric and composition studies. World Journal of Educational Studies. 2024, 2(2): 20-22. DOI: 10.61784/wjesv2n281.

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