WRITING SKILLS POETRY USING THE DIRECT OBJECT TECHNIQUE FOR CLASS VIII STUDENTS SMP NEGERI 15 SOLOK SELATAN

Abstract

This research is motivated by students not being able to write poetry, because of the lack of
student interest in writing poetry, limited vocabulary so that students find it difficult to
choose the appropriate words. This study aims to describe the skills of writing poetry using
the direct object technique in class VIII students of SMP Negeri 15 Solok Selatan. This type
of research is quantitative research with descriptive method. The population in this study
were students of class VIII SMP Negeri Solok Selatan, totaling 32 students. The data in this
study is the poetry writing skill score of VIII SMP Negeri 15 Solok Selatan. The results of
this study can be concluded that the average value of student skills in writing poetry VIII of
SMP Negeri 15 Solok Selatan using the direct object technique is at the mastery level of 66-
75% with sufficient qualifications (C) with an average score of 65.79. In indicator 1
(diction) the arithmetic average is 57.29 with moderate qualifications (S), the arithmetic
average is 68.75 in indicator 2 (image) with sufficient qualifications (C), the arithmetic
average is in indicator 3 (figure of speech) 84.87 with good qualification (B). Based on this,
it can be concluded that the direct object technique cannot be used in improving poetry
writing skills for class VIII students of SMP Negeri 15 Solok Selatan.