SAMPLE Unit 5 Literature Assignment Template Student Name Kaplan University HU 200 — section number Part I: For this Assignment, you will compose a quest narrative from your life. You may write this as a letter to another person considering the same quest. You will aim to tell them your story and call them to action as well. This narrative may be about your return to acquire your degree, about a decision to change your life, to pursue a relationship or career, or to reinvent yourself. The narrative will likely include the highs and the lows of that quest along with insight into why you kept moving toward your goal. Instead of a letter, you could write the narrative as a poem, a dialogue, or a work of creative fiction. However, the work must be an original composition for the Assignment, related to your own experience and offering a call to action toward a reader. You should employ at least two of the concepts from the assigned reading on literature, such as a metaphor, image, or symbol. The narrative must be at least 1 page, but can be longer. Part II: In at least 500 words, explain how you used the concepts of literature in creating your narrative. Use and cite the text to explain what the concept was, and then tell how you interpreted and used this concept in your narrative. Clarify for the reader how you demonstrated leadership in your call to action for the reader. How did you communicate your vision, and what techniques did you use to persuade them? Reflect on telling the story. Was it a difficult process? What helped you to get inspired, and what made you tell this particular story? Reference: Martin, F. David, & Jacobus, Lee A. (2015). Humanities Through the Arts (9 th edition       digital book). New York: McGraw Hill Education. If you choose to incorporate additional references, please include them here as well. .

1. SAMPLE Unit 5 Literature Assignment Template
Student Name
Kaplan University
HU 200 — section number
Part I:
For this Assignment, you will compose a quest narrative from
your life. You may write this as a letter to another person
considering the same quest. You will aim to tell them your story
and call them to action as well.
This narrative may be about your return to acquire your degree,
about a decision to change your life, to pursue a relationship or
career, or to reinvent yourself. The narrative will likely include
the highs and the lows of that quest along with insight into why
you kept moving toward your goal.
Instead of a letter, you could write the narrative as a poem, a
dialogue, or a work of creative fiction. However, the work must
be an original composition for the Assignment, related to your
own experience and offering a call to action toward a reader.
You should employ at least two of the concepts from the
assigned reading on literature, such as a metaphor, image, or
symbol.

2. The narrative must be at least 1 page, but can be longer.
Part II:
In at least 500 words, explain how you used the concepts of
literature in creating your narrative. Use and cite the text to
explain what the concept was, and then tell how you interpreted
and used this concept in your narrative.
Clarify for the reader how you demonstrated leadership in your
call to action for the reader. How did you communicate your
vision, and what techniques did you use to persuade them?
Reflect on telling the story. Was it a difficult process? What
helped you to get inspired, and what made you tell this
particular story?

3. Reference:
Martin, F. David, & Jacobus, Lee A. (2015).
Humanities Through the Arts
(9
th
edition digital book). New York: McGraw Hill Education.
If you choose to incorporate additional references, please
include them here as well.