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: Persuasive Strategies Used in National University Debating Championship During Covid-19 Pandemic
This research discusses persuasive strategies and aims to find out the use of persuasive strategies by debate participants at the National University Debating Championship 2020 & 2021. This research used Beebe & Beebe's theory of persuasive strategies with descriptive gualitative methods and note-taking as an instrument. This research was carried out to gain a deeper understanding of the kinds of persuasive strategies and their usage in the debate area. The findings show that the debaters used various persuasive strategies including all kinds of Logic and Evidence, as well as some Emotions. However, the most freguently used by all debaters is Emotion, specifically hope and use concrete examples that help the listener to visualize what they describe. Nonetheless, the amount of Emotion used by the debater does not guarantee the team to be the winner of the competition. Yet, the guality of persuasive strategies used by the debaters can be the consideration for the team to be the winner of the debate competition
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