A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY TO WRITE A PERSUASIVE ESSAY

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Abstract

This research was aimed at describing the ability of the third year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University in writing a persuasive essay dealing with content, organization, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics. The design of this research was descriptive in nature. The population of this research was the third year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University. The total population members was 107 students. The writer used cluster random sampling technique to take sample. Based on the result of this research, it was found that the ability of the third year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University in writing a persuasive essay was high. It was proved by the fact that there were 19 students (58.82%) were categorized to have high ability and 16 students (45.71%) were categorized to have ability.

Key words: Writing, Persuasive Essay, Students Ability.