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This study only covered a limited number of students for the subject of study in the eighth grade students of SMP PGRI Wringinanom, Gresik. This
study was done in 5 times meeting because of the time limitation. The 5 times meeting can be divided are, 1 time Pre-test, 3 times of Treatment, and 1 time
for Post-test. Pre test-was the activity that the researcher did before doing treatment. Time for Pre-test only 1 time meeting. Then, the researcher did
Treatment 3 times meeting. And the last was Post-test only 1 time meeting. This study was focus on students’ writing descriptive score through Launchora
Application so that students might show progress in the end of the study. The population of this research was the eighth grade of Junior High School in SMP
PGRI Wringinanom Gresik.
G. Definition of Key Terms
It is important for the researcher to make clear the terms used in this paper as this followings:
1. Writing Skill
Writing descriptive skill is a skill of writing that produce a text that provide an illustration of people, places, events, situations, thoughts, and
feelings. Description presents sensory information that make writing come alive .It expresses an experience that the reader can actively participate in by
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using imagination
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. From the definitions above I can conclude that writing descriptive skill is a way to produce language that comes from our main that
served illustration that makes the reader can be imagine about the content of the text.
2. Descriptive Text
Descriptive Text is a kind of text with a purpose to give information. The context of this kind of text is the description of particular thing, animal,
person, or others, for instance: the things that we know well
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. Based on that statement I conclude that descriptive text is a text that describes something to
make the reader understand from the explanation of the text.
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BCCC Tutoring Center. Writing descriptive skill. Rev. 7 2010, p. 2 http:www.bucks.edumediabcccmedialibrarypdfDescriptiveWriting_000.pdf
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Linda G. Making Sense of Functional Grammar. The Laerning of Descriptive Text 1994, p. 4
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3. Launchora Application
Launchora application is one of educational application that we can download easily in Playstore. Playstore is Googles online store for
downloading music, games, movies, e-books and Android apps
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. Launchora application is the application that can support writing activities.
The user can be write the text and can be publish their text. The writer also can read the text from another writer using launcher menu in the Launchora
Application. Every user also can follow each other to read from another writer and publish their text. See Figure 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
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Computer Dekstop Encyclopedia. The indispensable Reference on Computers 2017, p. 1 http:www.yourdictionary.comgoogle-play
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Figure 1.1 Launchora Logo Figure 1.2 Lunchora’s Home
Figure 1.3 Lauchora’s Genre Figure 1.4 Launchora
’s Page to write.
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CHAPTER II :
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter explains several theories through reviewing some literatures related to this study. The theoretical build up as follows:
A. Review of Related Literature
