Abstract :
Vocabulary and creativity were two components that have their own
function in learning process. Both of them cannot be separated in doing a good
written because without existence vocabulary and creativity, a writer cannot make
a written text to be a great variety of reading and to make an interesting written
from different situation. This research aimed at finding out the significant
correlation among students’ vocabulary mastery, students’ creativity and their
writing in descriptive texts for the eighth grade students of SMP Islam Al
Badriyah in the school year 2017-2018. This research design was a correlational
research with the population of the research was the eighth grade students of SMP
Islam Al Badriyah and the sample was 23 students of class VIIIA which was
chosen by using purposive sampling. To collect the data, the present researcher
used fill the blank and essay test. In analyzing the data, she used SPSS statistics
22 for windows program. From the result of the partial correlation, it was found r
= .595 at p < .003 for the correlation between vocabulary mastery and writing
ability, the correlation between creativity and writing ability was found r = .586 at
p < .003, the correlation between vocabulary mastery and creativity was found r =
.747 at p < .000. While the correlation among students’ vocabulary mastery,
students’ creativity and their writing ability was found r = .611 at p < .003. The
value of significance level was less than .05. Meaning that, there was a significant
correlation among students’ vocabulary mastery, students’ creativity and their
writing in descriptive texts for the eighth grade students of SMP Islam Al
Badriyah in the school year 2017-2018.
Key Word: vocabulary mastery, creativity, writing ability