S39

media type="custom" key="25158952" 1. What is the purpose of the speech? Provide a brief statement of context. -The purpose of this speech was for Dr. Cox to make the interns stop watching tv, and get back to work. 2. Who is the audience? -The medical interns 3. Which appeal (ethos, pathos, logos) is most prevalent? How do you know? - Dr. Cox uses both ethos and pathos. He uses ethos by explaining why he accepted the residency director job to enforce that he is their boss, so they need to whatever he says. He also uses pathos by making them feel bad for watching Dr. Phil instead of doing their jobs. 4. Is the argument effective? Were any logical fallacies used? -The argument is very effective, but mostly because all of the interns are scared of him. He does use a logical fallacy when he says "to afford the antidepressants that keep me so dang jolly" when he is obviously is not a happy person, but this irony is used purposefully to reinforce the interns fear of him. 5. How could the argument have been strengthened? - I can't think of anything that would strengthen the argument. Dr.Cox's scary teacher tactic always works for him because that's who he is.