AN ANALYSIS OF TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SMA N 1 KEC. GUGUAK LIMA PULUH KOTA
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to describe the tenth-grade students' ability in writing descriptive texts at SMAN 1 Kec, Guguak Lima Puluh Kota. The researcher used a descriptive method for this study. The researcher used cluster random sampling technique to select samples, and the number of samples was 31 students. The instrument to collect data in this study was a writing test The results of the test analysis showed that the test was reliable 0.99. In general, the students had moderate ability in writing descriptive texts. The research results show that 28 students (90,3%) had a difficult ability in organize descriptive text. Additionally, 31 students (100%) had moderate ability in content descriptive text. 17 students (54,8%) had moderate ability in grammar descriptive text.18 students (58%) had moderate ability vocabulary descriptive text, and 16 students (52%) had moderate ability in mechanics descriptive text. Keywords: Writing Ability, Descriptive textReferensi
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