How is power presented in 1984

This lesson is based on an AQA resource that compares language linked to the assertion of power in O’Brian’s speech in Chapter 5 of the novel, to a speech by by Barack Obama in 2014.

Their is a focus on language devices but it also brings together some of the skills explored in the first two 1984 lessons - ‘Context in 1984’ and ‘Establishing Oppression’

Part of this lesson asks students to rank order three exemplar responses.
Another part of the lesson asks students to compare an extract from the novel with an extract form a modern, political speech - looking at political rhetoric and language features. There is also an extract analysis question.