Speech Act Politeness in Asking and Answering Questions in Discussion of Students at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri

This research was encouraged by the lack of an explanation about the language politeness of Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri (MTsN) students in Bariang Rao-rao. This study was aimed to describe the form and strategy of politeness in speech acts in asking and answering questions in classroom discussions. The data collection method was a referral method, with advanced techniques, namely simak bebas libat cakap technique, recording technique, and note-taking technique. Data were analyzed by using the following steps: data reduction, data presentation, conclusion drawing, and re-checking. The results of the study showed that the speech acts in the form of asking question that frequently used were speech acts in the form of questions that asked for information about something or someone grouped according to 5W + 1H using negative politeness strategy in the context of a quiet speech situation, sensitive topics, and speaker with speech partners had similar age. Furthermore, answering speech acts that tend to be used were speech acts answering in the form of answers in providing information about something or someone grouped according to 5W + 1H using a positive politeness strategy in the context of quite speech situation, the topic was not sensitive, speaker and speech partners were the same age.