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This  week, we will revisit the Diasporic Excellence assignment from week two  but this time, the finished product must be an infographic you can create a four  page PowerPoint.  make sure that your  submission includes a colorful background, at least one visual, and  completely responds to the prompts below. For a PowerPoint, please use  one slide for each prompt. 

After selecting your text from this week's readings, respond to all  four prompts. Make sure to include the title of the reading and the  author. Write in complete sentences, and if you use quotes from the  text, make sure that they are fully integrated and not just thrown into  your response. Each response should be 100–200 words. Avoid pure  summary; the goal is analysis, reflection, and genuine engagement with  the text's language.

Prompt 1: First Encounter

What was your first, honest reaction to this text? Name a specific  moment — a line, image, or turn — that arrested you, and describe what  it did.

Do not summarize. Begin in the middle of your reaction.

Prompt 2: Language & Craft

Choose a passage of two to four lines. Examine the author’s language  closely: word choice, syntax, rhythm, or structure. What is the craft  doing that a paraphrase could not replicate?

Quote the passage at the start of your response. Then analyze how it works — not just what it means.

Prompt 3: Theme & Tension

What is the central tension or unresolved question this text carries?  Write a thematic statement, a complete sentence about what the text  reveals about human experience, and explain what in the text leads you  there.

A thematic statement is not a moral or a summary. The text offers an insight into life that is arguable.

Prompt 4: The Question You’re Left With

What does this text leave unresolved: for the speaker, the  characters, or for you as a reader? What question does it make you ask  that you cannot yet answer?

The best literature refuses easy closure. What discomfort, wonder, or uncertainty does this text hand you?