Apprasal

Theory
by Dwi Qatrunnada
is used to analyse how the

speaker/writer values the entities

(people and things) within the text

that they produce.

Divided into :
AFFECT EXAMPLE: JUDGEMENT
Graduation
1. This building bores me. divided into:
EXAMPLE Force and semantic

LOWER focus. Divided into :

2. John was happy.
a few books, Force
Attitude
Positive/ Negative
Normality (how
unusual they're)
many
writers,
Meanings by which

propositions are
Capacity (how
assessment. small sugar strengthened or

Divided into : capable they're)

mitigated. Divided into :
Affect (emotion)
Tenacity (how
resolute they're)
Lower
Raise
Evaluates an
RAISE
Veracity (how
Slightly
Focus
entity,
truthful they're)
foolish,
process or
Propriety (how
state
Extremely Meanings by which
ethical they're)
brilliant
emotionally. the boundaries of

Judgement (ethics) EXAMPLE:

semantic categories

can be blurred or
1. He is a good
Evaluates
EXAMPLE sharpened. Divided into :
human leader. Sharpen
SHARPEN
behaviour 2. She is a liar. Soften
ethically.
1. Hes a true

Appreciation (aesthetics)
APPRECIATION
friend. (real,

genuine,
Evaluates
EXAMPLE: SOFTEN
true)
things, 2. Hes a kind of friend

processes
1. Her dress is so (kind of, of sorts)

and states of
beautiful.
2. the garden is
affairs

Aesthetically.
wonderful.

Engagement EXAMPLE Hetero : According to

Resource of dialogistic Mono :the Earth goes astronomers, the earth goes

positioning. round the sun. round the sun.

Divided into :
Monoglossia Communicative context is construed as a single voice/

do not make reference to other voices and viewpoints.

Heteroglossia Communicative context is construes more than one voice/

when a text opens up space for the inclusion of the audience.