Monday, January 9, 2025 6th Grade Homework

Which statement provides the best definition of external conflict?

• • A struggle between a person and other people, nature, or society

• • A conflict that a person has within his or her own mind

• • A compromise that is the result of an argument between people

Answer explanation

Explanation:

External conflict is a struggle between a person and an outside force.

Match the following:

• person versus person

• An activist speaks against the practice of
  using animal fur in clothing.

• person versus society

• Two friends argue over which movie to
  watch on Saturday night.

• person versus nature

• A man survives on an island alone.

Which statement provides the best summary of the excerpt Narrative of Sojourner Truth?

• • This excerpt describes why Isabella often considered Dumont's feelings. 

• • This excerpt describes Isabella's decision to fight for the freedom of other enslaved people. 

• • This excerpt describes Isabella's journey to escape from slavery. 

• • This excerpt describes how Levi Rowe purchased Isabella's freedom from Dumont. 

Answer explanation

Explanation:

This excerpt explains how Isabella planned and executed her escape from her enslaver, Dumont, with the help of Levi Rowe and then Mr. and Mrs. Van Wagener. While it is mentioned that Isabella considers Dumont's feelings, this is not the main focus of the excerpt. Levi Rowe does not purchase her freedom (Mr. Van Wagener does). Although Isabella (Sojourner Truth) later decides to fight for the freedom of other enslaved people, she does not make that decision in this excerpt.

Which of the following describes a person-versus-person external conflict that Isabella experiences in Narrative of Sojourner Truth? 

• • her difficult journey while carrying her infant

• • her frustration with herself about her escape plans 

• • her confusion about taking Mr. Van Wagener's last name 

• • her refusal to return home with Dumont 

Answer explanation

Explanation:

A person-versus-person external conflict is a struggle between two individuals.Isabella's argument with Dumont is a person-versus-person conflict because he wants her to go with him and she tells him she won't.Isabella's confusion over taking Mr. Van Wagener's name is not a struggle, since she is happy to be with the Van Wageners, who treat her well.Isabella's difficult journey to freedom is a person-versus-society external conflict as she escapes slavery.Isabella's frustration with herself is an internal conflict, since it is person versus self. 

What type of external conflict does this situation describe?

Beth and Anita are hiking an unfamiliar trail. They have reached a fork in the trail and are arguing over which path to take.

• person versus person

• person versus nature

• person versus society

• person versus self

Read this excerpt from Narrative of Sojourner Truth. What type of external conflict does it describe?

When her master saw her, he said, 'Well, Bell, so you've run away from me.' 'No, I did not run away; I walked away by day-light, and all because you had promised me a year of my time.' His reply was, 'You must go back with me.' Her decisive answer was, 'No, I won't go back with you.' He said, 'Well, I shall take the child.' This also was stoutly negatived. 

• person versus person

• person versus nature

• person versus society

• person versus self

True or False: An internal conflict takes place within a society in a person’s mind, while an external conflict is a struggle with any external force.

• True

• False

Match the following

• person versus society

• • a player and a referee argue over a play

• person versus nature

• • protestors create a demonstration

• person versus person

• • a group of hikers survive a tornado