<p class="7Abstract"> <em>The research about speech acts emerges more enticing from time to time. </em><em>This study </em><em>focuses on scrutinizing types of illocutionary acts and the techniques of performing illocutionary acts. It </em><em>employs qualitative design of research. </em><em>Observation and documentary review are </em><em>applied to obtain the data. Field-notes are also used during </em><em>data collection</em><em>. In analyzing the data, interactive model of data analysis is applied, including data reduction, data display, and data verification</em><em>/claim</em><em>. The result</em><em>s</em><em> of the study </em><em>show</em><em> </em><em>76 data classified on the types of illocutionary acts have been found based on the theory of Searle (1979), including: assertive, directive, commissive, expressive, and declarative.</em><em> It is also found in the folktale that the techniques applied to perform illocutionary act include literal direct technique, literal indirect technique, non-literal direct technique, and non-literal indirect technique. </em></p>