Rhetorical Style Analysis of the Statement of Purpose (SP) Genre: A Shared Understanding of Lexis in Successful SPs

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Contents

Introduction

Rhetorical Style in the SP Genre

Methods

Results and Analysis

Conclusion

References

About the Author

Priyanka Ganguly is a first-year PhD student in the Rhetoric and Writing program at Virginia Tech (VT). She also serves as a graduate teaching assistant in the engineering communication program of the Materials Science and Engineering Department at VT. Her research interests lie at the intersection of technical communication, rhetoric of health and medicine, and digital rhetoric.