Kevin Costner’s Eulogy for Whitney Houston

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Consider Kevin Costner’s eulogy for Whitney Houston. Although the speech is a model speech in many ways, it deviates from the standard speech format in a number of ways. How would you answer the following questions? Kevin Costner’s eulogy for Whitney Houston is available on YouTube.

Question 1

What is the organizational pattern Costner used for the speech? What other kind of organizational pattern could he have chosen? Would other patterns have been more or less effective? Why?

Question 2

The introduction of Costner’s eulogy ends with the thesis statement and not with the typical preview. Why do you think Costner put the preview before the thesis? What effect do you think this “switch-up” achieved?

Question 3

Costner’s eulogy lacks a summary of his main points. Why? Is a summary necessary? If he had included a summary, in what ways would the eulogy be different?