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There are 17 attitudes in the text entitled ―Russell Gets in Good with Katy’s Parentals‖. Within this text, all kinds of attitude are almost spread
evenly; affect, judgment, and appreciation. There are 5 affects, 8 judgments, and 4 appreciations. This means Perez Hilton dares to express his evaluations
not only to the personal artist and everything concerned with the artist, but he also expresses his own feeling proved by the affect on clause number 3a, 19
and 20; ‘surprisingly’, ‘how cute’, and ‘glad’. The types of affect are security, and happiness. The types of judgment
are propriety, capacity, and tenacity. Additionally, the types of appreciation are reaction: quality, and valuation.
Most of the attitudes are positive. There are 12 positive items and 5 negative
items. Although there are many negative attitudes in the text such as ―not so angelic‖, ―Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin era‖, ―hunger‖, and ―hungry‖,
this text still support the artist, that is Katy Perry. The types of the appraising items are attitudinal lexis 4 items, 3
grammatical items, epithet 4 items, modality clause 2 items, mental
process clause 2 items, relational process clause 1 item and minor clause
1 item. Meanwhile, the engagement of the attitudes in this text is 6 monogloss
and 11 heterogloss attitudes. This means the attitudes come from other resources are more than from the writer himself.
b. Graduation analysis
Table 4.1.2 Graduation Analysis – ―Russell Gets in Good with Katy’s Parentals‖
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Clause no.
Appraising Items Graduation
Focus Form Meaning
Force Intensifi-
cation Quantifi-
cation
1.
Russell Gets In Good
with Katys Parentals Quality
- -
Inf – up-scaled – Att. Lexis
2.
Katy Perrys devout Christian mom and
dad are opening up about their daughters
lover Russell Brand. Quality
- -
Iso – up-scaled – Att. Lexis
3a.
And surprisingly, theyre very accepting
of the British comedian
Process -
- Inf
– up-scaled – intensifier
3b.
theyre very accepting
of the British comedian
Process -
- Iso
– up-scaled – intensifier
5.
that You just have to see
how the Lords will is done.
Process -
- Iso
– up-scaled – Intensifier
8
After reading Russells not so
angelic
history, Keith admits:
Quality -
- Iso
– up-scaled – intensifier
10
I was in the Jimi Hendrix and Janis
Joplin era -
Extent -
Iso – down-scaled – metaphor
12a
Russells really got a hunger
for the
supernatural. Quality
- -
Iso – up-scaled – intensifier
12b.
Russells really got a hunger
for the supernatural.
Quality -
- Inf
– up-scaled – metaphor
13.
Russell really likes us
Process -
- Iso
– up-scaled – intensifier
15 a
Mary also agrees that
Russell has a ―hunger‖ for positive
influences Process
Inf – down-scaled – Att. Lexis
15 b.
Mary also agrees that Russell has a
“hunger” for positive influences
Quality -
- Inf
– up-scaled – metaphor
15 c.
Mary also agrees that Russell has a
―hunger‖ for positive influences
Quality -
- Iso
– up-scaled – Att. Lexis
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16
―I think the two of them are hungry.
Quality -
- Inf
– up-scaled – metaphor
18
and they are going to find
it.‖ Process
- -
Iso – down-scaled – Intensifier
19
How cute
Quality -
- Inf
– up-scaled – att. Lexis
20
Glad
to see her parents approve
Quality -
- Inf
– up-scaled – Att. Lexis
The amplification of the attitudes in this text is all force. There are 16 intensification
and 1 quantification attitudes. Not only quality, but the writer also uses verb which contains attitude process clauses.
The types of graduation force are 8 infusion items and 9 isolating items. In this text, the writer applies intensifier 7 items, attitudinal lexis 6
items and metaphor 4 items. The attitudes in this text are mostly up-scaled. This means Perez
Hilton extremely strengthens his evaluations in the text. When he judges or appreciates someone or something, he uses words explaining that he really
supports the artist, for example ‘good’, ‘devout’, or ‘really likes’. He applies those words instead of
‘fine’, ‘religious’ or just ‘likes’.
c. Genre Analysis
