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//** What is the purpose of the speech? **//
To tell people that they are misinformed and let them know that United States is not like they think it is.

**// Who is the audience? //**
The younger generation that were brought to believe they are living in a modern Utopia and the older generation that fails to accept the diminishing qualities of United States.

**// Which appeal (ethos, pathos, logos) is most prevalent? How do you know? //**
Logos is the more expressive trait in this speech, although some ethos is present. He lists statistics that support his position that America is not the #1 country in anything important. Later, pathos is the main point used to convince his audience.

It seems very effective. It brings thought to the table; it makes people question the world around them. The only fallacy that may be derived from this speech is cherry picking the argument. He gives very few examples of both sides, what America is not #1 in and what it is #1 in. He does not let his audience know that although America is not #1 in most favorable qualities, it still remains in the upper quarter of the world's countries.
 * // Is the argument effective? Were any logical fallacies used? // **