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for example, Helena describes her first love with words :energetic, intelligent , popular to show her admiration to him directly and phrase as working in a top security structure to judge his character indirectly. Judging people’s character ? 2) moral judgments can be made positive or negative :it can also be made directly and indirectly. ? a. Helena condemns her leaders for their dishonesty and inhumanity Our leaders are too holy and innocent. And faceless. What else can this abnormal life be than a cruel human rights violation?. ? b. Helena praises the leaders of their courage: At least their leaders have the guts to stand by their vulture ,to recognize their sacrifices. ? With admiration and criticism, moral judgments can also be made directly or implied. ? Metaphor plays a role in judging character: And today they all wash their hands in innocence. Appreciating things ? Appreciating things: things can be appreciated positively or negatively. Appreciating things includes evaluation of different kinds of things, as well as relationships, quality of life and even semiotic things. The following are the appreciation of things in Helena’s narrative. Positive a beautiful relationship a very serious issue healing of breaches restoration of broken relationships negative my unsuccessful marriage a frivolous question broken relationships the munity he or she has injured ? The borderline of character and value: there are several instances of attitude in our texts that could perhaps be analysed as either judgment of character or appreciation of things. These bring us to the border of character and value. ? It is important to take cotext into consideration ,rather than analysing simply item by item. Amplification ? Amplification :degree of the appraisal ? One distinctive feature of attitude is that attitudes are gradable. This means that we can express how strongly we feel about someone or something. ? Two kinds of amplification: ? 1:force :turning the volume up and down Words that intensify meaning: somewhat/fairlly /quite /really /sharply /extremely intelligent Words that include degrees of intensity : happy/delighted /ecstatic. ? :sharpening or softening categories of people and things: about/exactly。 pain, bitterness, feared, etc. We are ecstatic. They would bee re