Kinds of conflict

What is internal conflict?

• A physical fight between two characters.

• A struggle within a character's mind or emotions.

• A conflict between two different cultures.

• A disagreement between two characters.

What is external conflict?

• Conflict between two characters

• Struggle between a character and an outside force

• Conflict within a character's mind

• Conflict caused by natural disasters

Jim and Mac disagreed about where they should take the dog they found.

• Internal

• External

• Both

Carley struggled to walk through the hot, blowing sand.

• Internal

• External

• Both

Sarah couldn't decide what to do that night. Should she study or should she go out?

• Internal

• External

• Both

Hector thought, "Why did I ever agree to be in this play? I'll never have the nerve to act in front of an audience."

• Internal

• External

• Both

Which is NOT an external conflict?

• Person vs. Society

• Person Vs Person

• Person vs Self

• Person vs. Nature

Instead of saying Person vs. whatever, we might say CHARACTER vs whatever. This is because sometimes the character is not a person. Which is an internal conflict?

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

Elsa has to be hidden away from the outside world because of her secret magical powers.
What type of conflict is this?

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

Jacob's house was destroyed when Hurricane Irma blew through Florida.
What type of conflict is this?

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