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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis present research is conducted to find out the types of persuasive
phenomena which are produced by the main characters of Gossip Girl, named
Serena van der Woodsen, Blair Waldorf, Nate Archibald, and Charles `Chuck?
Bass. This research is aimed to seek the types of persuasive strategies and also
participant as one of the social factor?s element by the four main characters. The
writer mainly bases her research on the theories from Simmons (1976) and
Holmes (2000). The types of persuasive strategies are co-active strategy and
combative strategy. The element of social factors is participant which divided
into gender, social status and social distance. The writer found that first, the most
dominant persuasive strategy used by the four Gossip Girl?s main characters is
Co-active strategy (68.42%) and classified into the most sub theory of Co-active
strategy which are Emotional appeal (17.54%) and rational persuasion (36.84%).
Moreover, Serena van der Woodsen produced the most dominant persuasive
strategies, Co-active strategy (42.10%). Furthermore, the writer also identified the
persuasive statement of the four Gossip Girl?s main characters related to
participant as one of the social factors element. The result was social distance,
intimacy as the most influential elements from participant as one of social factor.