The current study is a descriptive theoretical study. It aims to investigates the politeness strategies and their application in pragmatic researches. It also aims to identify the appropriate steps need to be followed by researchers to recognize the politeness strategies used in their data, so they can apply the strategies properly and get their analysis done appropriately. To meet this objective, the study count on Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness theory with their four basic politeness strategies. The study also explains the relationship between politeness theory and speech act theory of John Searle and J. L. Austin. The study concludes that politeness strategies are very important in linguistic research in general and pragmatics in particular for they were designed to avoid making someone feel embarrassed or uncomfortable, and to protect the listener's sense of dignity or "face." As well as revealing the social and communicative purposes of interaction and enhancing the understanding of language, culture, and context. The study also emphasizes the importance of speech acts in analyzing politeness strategies in order to provide an indepth pragmatic analysis.