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media type="custom" key="25163596"1 This speech is intended to demonstrated how much the basketball player improved due to Coach Carter's influence during the season. It was in response to a question asked by Coach Carter earlier in the movie: "What is your deepest fear?" The targeted audience was just Coach Carter, but the rest of the basketball team was listening in as he said it. The most prevalent appeal in this speech is pathos, because the basketball player said it in a way that made Coach Carter know how much he had affected the young man's life. Yes, the speech is effective because earlier in the season when Coach Carter asked what the team's deepest fear was they said that it was losing, and this time he responded with a much higher level of intellect. It could have been strengthened if the player was more personal about it, since it was part of a conversation, but overall it was a very powerful speech.
 * What is the purpose of the speech? Provide a brief statement of context.
 * Who is the audience?
 * Which appeal (ethos, pathos, logos) is most prevalent? How do you know?
 * Is the argument effective? Were any logical fallacies used?
 * How could the argument have been strengthened?