This quiz titled 'Checking out mi history' explores the impact of British colonial education on identity through literary analysis. It assesses understanding of themes such as cultural erasure and resistance, using analysis of poetic techniques and metaphorical language.
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Dem tell me
A slave/with vision
Bandage up me eye
Even when the British said no
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Blind me to me own identity (.l.5)
Wha dem want to tell me (l.3)
No dem neva tell me bout dat (l. 9)
Dem tell me bout de man who discover de balloon ( l.22)
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No dem neva tell me bout dat
Strong rhymes and broken syntax
Use of Standard English
Use of phonetic spelling to imitate Caribbean speech
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Repetition of 'Dem tell me"
Repetition of Toussaint
Use of creole
Mention of historical figures
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A slave/with vision ( l.10-11), Toussaint de beacon (L. 20)
Toussaint de thorn/of the Haitian Revolution (l.20-21)
Nanny/see far woman (l.26-27)
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Images of light
The simple rhyme scheme and the use of nursery rhymes
Skipping quickly over British figures and covering Caribbean figures in more detail
Repetition, strong rhythms and the use of phonetic spelling
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Dem tell me bout Lord Nelson and Waterloo (l. 31)
Dem tell me bout Florence Nightingale and she lamp ( l.36)
Nanny/see far woman (l.25-26)
Dem tell me wha dem want to tell mi (l. 51)
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Toussaint
Nanny
Florence Nightingale
Mary Seacole
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Nanny
Toussaint
Dick Whittington
Lord Nelson
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Lines 1-3
Lines 4-5
Lines 6-9
Lines 10-20
Lines 31-34
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Use of Standard English
Repetition
Strong rhythms
Chanting
Phonetic spelling
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The narrator is not learning about his history
The narrator is learning about his history
The narrator has no interest in history
There is no history in the poem
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a confident and forceful mood
A feeling of fear and pride
A feeling of anger and shame
A sense of blindness and uncertainty
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Use of different stanza forms
Use of juxtaposition
Use of contrast
Repetition of dem tell me
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Images of light
Mention of Caribbean historical figures
Mention of British historical figures
Use of oral poetry features
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Quatrains
Free verse
Iambic pentameter
Enjabment
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Repetition of the phrase 'Dem tell me"
Use of contrast e.g. dem tell me bout.../but dem neva tell me bout...
Ironic use of the word bandage in line 5
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