Group Project: The Power of Speech

Create a COMPARE/CONTRAST diagram for Old Major and Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches

Answer these questions in your COMPARE/CONTRAST diagram:

1. Give the specific literary devices used by each speaker. Give as many examples as possible for each literary device found. 
2. For each example you write down, give an explanation. For example, in a metaphor, why did he compare those two objects? etc.
3. What is the purpose of each speech? What did the speaker want to create in the people? 
4. What was the effect created in the people from each speech?
5. What is the enemy of each speech?
6. What was the solution offered in each speech against their enemy?