​Dr. Xinghua Liu received his PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading, UK and completed his post-doctorate training in writing research at Arizona State University, USA. He has extensive teaching and research experience in second language writing and is a published researcher in this area. Dr. Anne McCabe obtained her Ph.D. in Language Studies at Aston University, UK, and has taught first-year University writing in English at Saint Louis University-Madrid Campus for over twenty-five years. She has published widely in areas related to academic writing, education, and the media, using a variety of discourse analytical tools.

• Chapter 1 Contrastive Rhetoric.- Chapter 2 Evaluation in Student Writing: Constructing Interaction, Voice and Stance.- Chapter 3 Linguistic Study of Evaluation in Writing.- Chapter 4 A Study of Attitude in Student Writing.- Chapter 5 Appraisal Analysis.- Chapter 6 Conclusions and Implications.- References.- Appendices.

​Dr. Xinghua Liu received his PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading, UK and completed his post-doctorate training in writing research at Arizona State University, USA. He has extensive teaching and research experience in second language writing and is a published researcher in this area. Dr. Anne McCabe obtained her Ph.D. in Language Studies at Aston University, UK, and has taught first-year University writing in English at Saint Louis University-Madrid Campus for over twenty-five years. She has published widely in areas related to academic writing, education, and the media, using a variety of discourse analytical tools.

• Chapter 1 Contrastive Rhetoric.- Chapter 2 Evaluation in Student Writing: Constructing Interaction, Voice and Stance.- Chapter 3 Linguistic Study of Evaluation in Writing.- Chapter 4 A Study of Attitude in Student Writing.- Chapter 5 Appraisal Analysis.- Chapter 6 Conclusions and Implications.- References.- Appendices.

​Dr. Xinghua Liu received his PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading, UK and completed his post-doctorate training in writing research at Arizona State University, USA. He has extensive teaching and research experience in second language writing and is a published researcher in this area. Dr. Anne McCabe obtained her Ph.D. in Language Studies at Aston University, UK, and has taught first-year University writing in English at Saint Louis University-Madrid Campus for over twenty-five years. She has published widely in areas related to academic writing, education, and the media, using a variety of discourse analytical tools.

• Chapter 1 Contrastive Rhetoric.- Chapter 2 Evaluation in Student Writing: Constructing Interaction, Voice and Stance.- Chapter 3 Linguistic Study of Evaluation in Writing.- Chapter 4 A Study of Attitude in Student Writing.- Chapter 5 Appraisal Analysis.- Chapter 6 Conclusions and Implications.- References.- Appendices.