Vocabulary Aspects of Writing

2.3.2 Vocabulary

In communicating ideas, a writer needs enough vocabulary. Vocabulary is very important in supporting English skills, because ideas and feelings can be expressed through vocabulary or words. Dealing with this, Bram 1995:48 states that words are the basic tool for writing, because words carry meanings where the writer’s conveyed the message. According to Hornby 1995:1331, vocabulary means a total number of words with rules combining them to make up a language. Thus, vocabulary is very important to support the writing skill. Then, the use of appropriate words in writing makes the reader understand what the writer expressed. Wingersky et al. 1999:55 classify English vocabulary into eight; a. Nouns A noun is any word that names a person, place, or thing Wingersky et al., 1999:59. For example: Ryan, beauty, table, and tree. b. Pronouns Pronoun is used in place of noun or noun phrase, for example: he, she, her, them, and so on. c. Verbs A verb is a word to express an action, such as go, learn, eat, and work. It can a form of “be”, such as is, am, are, was, etc. Wingersky et al., 1999:61. d. Prepositions Prepositions indicate a place, direction, or method Hornby, 1995:658, such as in, from, to, on, etc. Pronoun is used in place of noun or noun phrase, for example: he, she, her, his, them, and so on. e. Conjunctions Conjunctions join other words, clauses, and sentences, such as and, but, or, then, and so on. f. Articles Article has a function to modify nouns such as a, an, and the Hornby, 1995:43 adjective. g. Adverbs Adverbs modifies verb, adjective, and other adverbs Hornby, 1995:14, such as well, happily, today, here, etc. h. Adjectives Adjectives describes nouns or pronouns, such as many, clear, and your Wingersky et al., 1999:61. In this research the uses of those words in the students’ paragraph writing were evaluated.

2.3.3 Mechanics