ANALYZING THE USE OF PERSUASIVE UTTERANCES IN THE CLASSROOM INTERACTION AT SMP NEGERI 1 PALLANGGA, GOWA (Analisis Penggunaan Ujaran Persuasif Di Dalam Kelas Interaksi Di SMP Negeri1 Pallangga, Gowa)

ABSTRACT The aims of this research are to find out the kinds of persuasive utterances that teacher used in classroom interaction and to know the role of persuasive utterances in the classroom interaction. The samples of this research are the teacher and the students of the eighth grade at SMP Negeri 1 Pallangga, Gowa. The approach employed in this research is qualitative. The type of this research belongs to discourse analysis (DA). Data collection of this research was conducted through (1) recording, (2) observation, and (3) interview. The data gathered was analysed through discourse analysis which was used in analysing the kinds of persuasive utterances that teacher used in the classroom interaction and the role of persuasive utterances in the classroom interaction. The research findings show that in teaching-learning process there were three kinds of persuasive utterances and five techniques of persuasive utterances that teacher used in made interaction with the students. Those are ethos, pathos, logos, association technique, integration technique, reward technique, arrangement technique and red-herring technique. Pathos was the dominant persuasive utterances that teacher used in interaction. The data shown that there was 149 times pathos utterances that teacher used from 295 utterances from the first recording until the third recording. The ethos persuasive utterances was used 84 times, logos was used 41 times, arrangement technique was used 19 times, reward technique was used 17 times, association technique was used 10 times, integration technique was used 7 times and red-herring technique was used twice (2x) . The researcher also found the positive role to the students in the classroom at SMP Negeri 1 Pallangga, Gowa. By persuasive utterances, it makes the student’s more active to speak, give enthusiasm and motivate in studying. Keywords: Persuasive Utterances, and Classroom Interactio