Types of Conflict

 

Learning Intention: We will be reviewing plot and examining how conflict moves a plot forward.

Success Criteria: You will be able to identify different types of conflicts.

What is a conflict in literature?

• It is a literary device. 

• It is defined as a struggle between two opposing forces.

Conflict

An entire story revolves around a conflict.

Understanding conflict will help you understand why the characters behave the way they do.

There are 2 main types.

Internal- arguments or decisions inside of the character's head.

External- when the character has a conflict or struggle with forces outside of their control.

Open Ended

Write 2-5 sentences about a time when you had a external conflict with someone or something.

Mine: I had a conflict with my army sergent. He made me roll a huge tire to the motor pool to the office, which was really far. In the end, I hurt myself doing it and still got yelled at.

Open Ended

Write 2-5 sentences about a time when you had an internal conflict.

The many types of External Conflicts

Character v. Character

Character v. Society

Character v. Nature

Character v. Technology

Character v. Supernatural

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a type of conflict?

• Character vs. Character

• Character vs. Nature

• Character vs. Food

Multiple Choice

Identify the type of conflict shown in each illustration.

• Internal

• External

Multiple Choice

Identify the type of conflict shown in each illustration.

• Internal

• External

Multiple Choice

Identify the type of conflict shown in each illustration.

• Internal

• External

Multiple Choice

Identify the type of conflict shown in each illustration. Select 'E' if it's external conflict and select 'I' if it's internal conflict.

• Internal

• External

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is the picture?

• Character vs Character

• Character vs Nature

• Character vs Society

• Character vs Self

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is the picture?

• Character vs Character

• Character vs Nature

• Character vs Society

• Character vs Self

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is in the picture?

• character vs. society
• character vs. nature
• character vs. character
• character vs. self

Multiple Choice

What type of confect is in the picture?

• character  vs. character
• character vs. society
• character vs. nature
• character vs. self

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is shown in the picture?

• Character vs. self

• Character vs. person

• Character vs. society

• Character vs. nature

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is shown in the picture?

• person vs. self

• person vs. person

• person vs. society

• person vs. nature

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is the picture? 

• Character vs Character
• Character vs Nature
• Character vs Self
• Character vs Society

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is the picture? 

• Character vs Character
• Character vs Nature
• Character vs Self
• Character vs Society

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is the picture? 
Katniss was forced to play the Hunger Games because those were the rules of the government.

• Character vs Character
• Character vs Nature
• Character vs Self
• Character vs Society

Multiple Choice

He wants to ask someone to the dance but he's too scared.

• character vs. character
• character vs. self
• character vs. nature
• character vs. society

Multiple Choice

A plane crashed on an island in the middle of the ocean.  Chuck had to survive ... all on his own!

• character vs. self
• character vs. character
• character vs. nature
• character vs. society

Multiple Choice

When Scrat was running away from an Avalanche (Av-a-lan-che), what is this an example of?

• Character vs. Character

• Character vs. Nature

• Character vs. Self

• Character vs. Society

Multiple Choice

In "My Teacher is a Monster," Bobby and Mrs. Kirby did not get along.

What type of conflict is this?

• Character vs. character

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Self

• Character vs. Nature

Multiple Choice

In Thundercake, the little girl is afraid of Thunder.

What is this sentence an example of?

• Character vs. Nature

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Character

Multiple Choice

Alex can't stay awake in class because she stays up all night on her phone.  She can't bring herself to turn off the phone.

• Character vs. nature

• Character vs. individual

• Character vs. society

• Character vs. technology

Multiple Choice

When Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the National anthem, many people did like his protest.

What type of conflict is this?

• Character vs. character

• Character vs. society

• Character vs. Nature

• Character vs. Self

Multiple Choice

A plane crashed on an island in the middle of the ocean.  Chuck had to survive ... all on his own!

• character vs. self
• character vs. character
• character vs. nature
• character vs. society

Multiple Choice

Elsa has to be hidden away from the outside world because of her secret magical powers.

• character vs. character
• character vs. nature
• character vs. society
• character vs. self (internal conflict)

Multiple Choice

It's Sunday night and you have a lot of homework but want to hang with friends instead. What conflict is this?

• Character v. Nature

• Character v. Character

• Character v. Self

• Character v. Society

Multiple Choice

In the Incredible, super heros have to hide because they are forced to be illegal. What conflict is this an example of?

• Character v. Nature

• Character v. Character

• Character v. Self

• Character v. Society

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is this?

Two men decide to rob an older couple, during the robbery, the older couple are hurt.

• Character v. character

• Character v. nature

• Character v. society

• Character v. Technology

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is this?

A son is trying to decide if he wants to visit his father in jail.

• Character v. character

• Character v. nature

• Character v. society

• Character v. Technology

• Character v. Self

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is this?

The boy was desperate to leave, so he hurried to his car. Meanwhile, a giant thunder cloud rolled through the sky, bringing with it a huge jolt of lightening. Then, LIGHTENING struck his car, and the car caught on fire.

• Character v. character

• Character v. nature

• Character v. society

• Character v. Technology

Multiple Choice

When $100 goes missing from the classroom fund, everyone blames Aaron for stealing the money. Aaron knows he’s innocent even though no one believes him. He decides to get to the bottom of the situation once and for all.

• character vs society

• character vs character

• character vs self

• character vs nature

Multiple Choice

Tenique and Sophie have been best friends for years. Recently Sophie found out that Tenique has been talking about her behind her back. She decides to confront Tenique at lunch.

• character vs self

• character vs character

• character vs nature

• character vs society

Multiple Choice

What type of conflict is this?

A man accused of murder sits on death row. His mother desperately believes he is innocent. So, she continues to fight the justice system for her new day in court to prove her son's innocence.

• Character v. character

• Character v. nature

• Character v. society

• Character v. Technology

Multiple Choice

Jack Juniper is the best fighter pilot in the Air Force. He can take down an enemy jet while doing a barrel roll. One day while Jack is escorting some friendly pilots to a military base, something that Jack has never seen before attacks the convoy... aliens! Can Jack outmaneuver the highly skilled alien pilots or is the mission doomed to failure? 

• Individual vs. Self
• Individual vs. Technology
• Individual vs. Supernatural
• Individual vs. Nature

Multiple Choice

Greg is just a regular boy who tries to do his best in school and just so happens to have a magical unicorn. When he's not studying and playing baseball, Greg is riding his unicorn through the enchanted land of Harmonia. When Greg brings something to Harmonia that he shouldn't, a secret gate is unlocked and the muck-muck monsters are unleashed, causing terrible pollution in Harmonia. Can Greg and his unicorn stop the muck-muck monsters before they find a way to Greg's world?

• Individual vs. Technology
• Individual vs. Supernatural
• Individual vs. Society
• Individual vs. Individual

I hope you enjoyed learning more about plot and conflict.

Next time, we will take what we know and apply it to our new story, "The Visit."