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1.What is the purpose of the speech? Provide a brief statement of context.

The purpose of this speech is to motivate the team, and it is their chance to show everybody how great they are, and that they were going to win the gold.

2.Who is the audience?

The audience of his speech is the team. He is trying to inspire them to do their best and if they did they would win

3.Which appeal (ethos, pathos, logos) is most prevalent? How do you know?

The coach is using pathos so he uses emotions to inspire them. He is trying to build them up saying that that "We are the greatest hockey team in the world" and "You were born to be hockey players"

4.Is the argument effective? Were any logical fallacies used?

The argument effective because he is telling them how great they are and what they are capable of. His words were effective and didn't have logical fallacies.

5.How could the argument have been strengthened?

The coach made a great motivational speech. I'm not sure what he could have said to make it better because what the coach said did motivate them to try hard.