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name: khairul nisah student num.: 0506102020038 department: english title: the influence of mastering parts of speech by the second grade students of smpn 18 banda aceh in reading comprehension this study is entitled "the influence of mastering parts of speech by the second grade students of smpn 18 banda aceh in reading comprehension". the aim of this study is to know whether or not the mastery of parts of speech by the second grade students of smpn 18 banda aceh can influence their reading comprehension and to know whether or not there is a significant correlation between the students' parts of speech mastery and their reading comprehension. the method used in this study is descriptive quantitative research. the data was collected through a set of test consist of two parts that are parts of speech test and reading comprehension test. in analyzing the data, the writer used the formula of percentage and the product moment pearson correlation (rxy). the population of this study was the second grade students at smpn 18 banda aceh and the sample was 25% of the students that are 30 students. based on the data gathered, the correlation between two variables can be determined by using two methods that are the correlation coefficient (r) table and the critical value of r product moment correlation. the result of applying the rxy distribution shows that the coefficient correlation is 0.972 and critical value of r product moment correlation is 0.374. the coefficient correlation score is higher than the critical value r product moment score (0.972 > 0.374). it means that there is a significant correlation between parts of speech mastery and reading comprehension. in other words, the mastering parts of speech students can influence their reading comprehension. finally, it is suggested that to have a good comprehension in reading passages, students should have a good mastery of parts of speech.