Abstract:
The objective of this study is to analyze the students’ writing skill in
descriptive text made by the students at SMPN 8 Makassar.
In doing this study the writer employed descriptive qualitative
design. The subject of this research was the eighth grade students of
SMPN 8 Makassar in the academic year 2018/2019, while the sample is
class VIII.5 (30 students). The data was collected from the students writing
descriptive text about describing people .
The results showed that the students class VIII.5 of SMPN 8
Makassar had the skill to write descriptive texts at the fair level. This can
be seen from the results of the student writing test, more than 60% of
students obtain a value12. However, generally the students mean score of
writing skill particularly in descriptive text was 14.06 and it was consider as
the good classification. Whereas to see the problems faced by students in
writing, the writer use the test results which are analyzed based on
component of writing, namely; content, organization, grammar, and
mechanics. On average students experience problemin content mastery.
