Malika Booker: Pepper Seed: Practice Questions

In her collection Malika Booker: Pepper Seed, the poem monologues and sequences primarily explore the experiences and oral histories of which cultural group?

In Malika Booker: Pepper Seed, the use of vivid, tactile imagery when describing food, flora, and family rituals serves primarily to:

In the context of stylistic analysis, Malika Booker’s inclusion of Creole lexis and non-standard syntax in Malika Booker: Pepper Seed is best understood as:

In Malika Booker's Pepper Seed, how does the use of Guyanese and Grenadian Patois contribute to the authentic voice of the collection?

How does Malika Booker utilize metaphorical imagery related to the sea or salt in Pepper Seed to represent the Caribbean diaspora?

How does Malika Booker use patois and non-standard English to establish a sense of cultural identity and heritage in Pepper Seed?

In your response, you should address the following:
a) The effect of 'voice' and oral tradition within the collection.
b) How these linguistic choices help to convey the emotional landscape of the Caribbean diaspora.