3. Linguistic Features
“Linguistic features of descriptive text are: use specific participant, written in present tense, use linking verbs, use adjective, use relational and material processes”.
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It means there are some linguistic features of descriptive text. Those are specific
participant, written in present tense, use linking verbs, use adjectives, use relational and material processes. Thus, there is correlation between simple present tense and
descriptive text.
4. Descriptive Text Writing Ability
Writing ability is the skill of a writer to communicate information to a reader or group of readers.
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It means that writing ability is the ability to express the ideas and thought in writing clearly that must be mastered by the writer. In writing, there are
five aspects that must be ordered by writer. It is needed to give clearly of information that as the writer means. It means that in doing writing, the students have to attend the
five component of writing in order to create good writing. According to Siahaan descriptive text is a text which is intended to describe a
particular person, place or thing.
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It means descriptive text is a kind of text with a purpose to give information about particular person, place or thing.
Based on the explanation, it can be concluded that descriptive text writing ability is the ability to express ideas, feelings, and thoughts in written form to describe and
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Juanita Siahaan. Op. Cit, p. 115
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Sanggam Siahaan, Op. Cit, p. 2
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give information about a particular person, place, or thing to the readers by fulfilling the five important points of writing including content, grammar, organization,
vocabulary, and mechanics. Thus, in order to produce the good descriptive text the students should have a good ability in writing.
H. Frame of Thinking
Teaching and learning English is the process to help the students to master English both spoken and written. In mastering English the students should understand the
component and skill in English. Component and skills of language are very important to be taught by the teacher and to be learnt by the students to increase their ability in
language. One of the language component is grammar. Grammar is rule how to make a good sentences that can be understood by the reader. In English grammar there is an
important part called tense. Tense is a verb shows the time of an event or action, it is very important in constructing a sentence and it should be mastered by the learners.
Tense is one important parts of structure in English. Simple present tense is one of the English tenses that gives an idea that something occurred in the present. So, mastery
in simple present tense is reflected by the students’ ability to understand and to use
simple present tense correctly in the appropriate sense. Mastering of simple present tense will help students to increase their language skill.
There are four skills in English, one of the skills is writing. There are many kinds of writing, text that should be mastered by the learners. One of the text is descriptive
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