Characterization and Conflict

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.
• A struggle between two opposing forces.
• The climax in a story.
• Part of the resolution.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the definition of an "internal" conflict?

• A hero in a story that saves many lives.
• A problem that a character has with other characters.
• A struggle between a character and a family member.
• A struggle that a character faces within him/her self.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

After breaking his mother's favorite vase, Casey struggles to decide whether he should tell his mother the truth or attempt to hide his mistake and blame the family dog.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Kiko is a ninja warrior trained by Master Yoho.  When Master Yoho is slain by Shan Bhutan of the Lotus Clan in the most cowardly of fashions, Kiko lays it all on the line to avenge the death of his master.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Janie is on a whitewater-rafting trip when their guide suddenly has a heart attack.  Now she and the other passengers must learn to work together to survive the treacherous rapids.  As if things weren't bad enough, someone spotted a bear following the rafters on the shore.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

It's Carly's 8th grade year and she wants to graduate more than anything else.  Unfortunately she's been playing in her reading class and now she's backed into a corner.  She has to get a perfect score on the final exam or she won't graduate.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The family was upset at the politicians for not improving the park.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Jack is the best fighter pilot in the Air Force.  one day while Jack is escorting some friendly pilots to a military base, something that Jack has never seen before attacks the convoy....aliens!

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Brian has the best dog in the world.  In fact, he has one of the only dogs in the world.  That's because dogs are not allowed in Brian's world, where people believe dogs carry disease.  Brian's dog will be executed if he is caught.  He joins an underground dog owners club to fight to legalize dogs.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Jerome and his family are vacationing on an island in tropical paradise.  The waters are clear, the skies are big, and sand is clean.  Suddenly, when a rumble shakes Jerome's sister off of her beach chair, Jerome remembers that the island on which they are staying is one big volcano.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3