@misc{eprints84692,
           month = {Juli},
           title = {THE USE OF PICTURE CUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS? ABILITY IN WRITING A

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT IN SMA AL-KAUTSAR},
          author = {Eka Putra M. Aptarizq},
         address = {UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG},
       publisher = {FAKULTAS KEGURUAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN},
            year = {2024},
             url = {http://digilib.unila.ac.id/84692/},
        abstract = {The research was carried out to see whether there is a significant improvement in
students? writing ability after students were taught through picture cue in

descriptive text. This was a quantitative study with one group pre-test and post-
test design. The sample was thirty-one students in class X.10 at senior high school

Al-Kautsar Bandar Lampung in the 2023/2024 academic year. This study used test
in the form of making a descriptive text as the instrument. The data were collected
through pre-test and post-test in the form of written tests. Data results were
analyzed using SPSS Version 26, then using a paired sample t-test significant
level of 0.05. After researcher analyzed the data, there was significant
improvement based on students result in pre-test and post-test. Proven by students

pre-test mean score was 68.26, while post-test was 78.45. The gain between pre-
test and post-test was 10.19. Moreover, the value of two-tailed signficance was

0.000{\ensuremath{<}}0 05, T-value which is -7.693 {\ensuremath{>}} T-table 2.042. It means that, H0 is rejected
and H1 is accepted. The results showed that there was a significant improvement
in students writing ability after being taught through picture cue in descriptive
text. Therefore, it can be concluded that picture cue is effective to improve
students? ability in writing descriptive text.
Keywords: Picture Cue, Descriptive Text, Writing Ability, Organize Ideas,

Creativity.}
}