Describe how multi-media enhances the eulogy. (Consider still and moving images as well as text)
The pictures and silent videos that play beside President Obama as he speaks turns his eulogy from a evensong like chapel service into a more personal look at Senator Kennedy's life. Instead of just seeing and hearing Obama speak for 16 minutes we get to see the things that the President is talking about. This makes a viewer more engaged and less likely to say, "Well this is boring, let's see what else is on." Also the fact that it was broadcasted on many of the biggest news stations in America enhance it further. This means that we, as the viewer, can sit at home an be at Sen. Kennedy's funeral, and not have to worry about what we're wearing and having to be padded down by secret service men as we enter.
2) Comment on Ted Kennedy's attitude to service. Provide examples.
Sen. Kennedy did not take his job lightly. He tried to make everything mean something to him. For example after the attacks on 9/11 he called each family in the state of Massachusetts and asked if he could help them in anyway. He got them counseling and invited them to meet with him personally to talk about their lost loved ones.
3) Comment on the effective use of rhetoric (e.g. contrasting public and private; serious and humorous; triumph and failure) and diction (adjectives of praise, verbs, etc.) in Obama's speech. There is a link to an online dictionary of rhetorical terms posted above.
President Obama does it very effectively and it enhances the speech by letting you hear about Sen. Kennedy from a very personal view, connecting what you know from his public life to what you wouldn’t in his private. He also uses adjectives of praise when speaking about Senator Kennedy himself and more negative adjectives when talking about his less fortunate situations eg Chappaquiddick.
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