An illocutionary speech act is a speech act in which doing something is based on what is spoken by the speaker. Based on the application of illocutionary speech acts, it can be used as teaching material for response texts. The objectives of this study are as follows. (1) Identifying forms of illocutionary speech acts in @gibran_tweet. (2) Describing the use of illocutionary speech acts in the learning of response texts. This research is a type of qualitative descriptive research. The data used in this study was Gibran's speech in the form of an illocutionary speech act. The data source used in this study is a Twitter account @gibran_tweet. Data collection techniques carried out in this study using documentation, listening and recording techniques, as well as library techniques. In this study, the data were analyzed using pragmatic matching methods and the basic techniques of the matching methods used, namely HBSP, HBS, and HBB. Based on the results of the analysis in @gibran_tweet five types of illocutionary speech acts were found, namely assertive, directive, declarative, commissive, and expressive. The most form of illocutionary speech act in @gibran_tweet is the assertive form, while the least form is the directive form. Its use is used as learning material for response texts in accordance with the Merdeka Curriculum with reading and viewing elements, as well as writing elements in the form of Student Worksheets (LKPD) with learning outcomes where students are able to interpret information and convey expressions of sympathy, concern, empathy or pro contra opinions from the response text.