Checkin Out Me History

Question 1

What statement does Agard make about the powerful with the form and punctuation?

Answer 1

The powerful control everything and they shouldn’t

Question 2

What is the message of Checkin out me history?

Answer 2

The powerful shape our history

Question 3

What example of anaphora do we see in Checkin out me history?

Answer 3

“Dem tell me”

Question 4

Why does Agard use Creole in “Dem tell me” ?

Answer 4

It creates distance between him and the powerful

Question 5

What is significant about how Agard writes the Anaphora “Dem tell me”

Answer 5

It is in Creole (Caribbean dialect)

Question 6

What is significant about the punctuation?

Answer 6

There isn’t any

Question 7

What does .enjambement and lack of punctuation in Checkin out mean history allow the reader to do?

Answer 7

Pause when they want

Question 8

What does the choice of Free verse allow the reader to do?

Answer 8

Read it how they want

Question 9

What is the form of Checkin out me history?

Answer 9

Free verse