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Conflict in Literature

The document discusses different types of conflict that can appear in literature. It defines internal conflict as a character struggling with their own emotions and thoughts, also known as "man vs. self". External conflict involves a character opposing an outside force, such as other people ("man vs. man"), nature ("man vs. nature"), or society ("man vs. society"). The document provides examples of internal conflict, such as a character deciding between right and wrong or struggling with personal feelings. It also notes that external conflict involves a character opposing another person, community, natural forces, or supernatural elements.

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Conflict in Literature

The document discusses different types of conflict that can appear in literature. It defines internal conflict as a character struggling with their own emotions and thoughts, also known as "man vs. self". External conflict involves a character opposing an outside force, such as other people ("man vs. man"), nature ("man vs. nature"), or society ("man vs. society"). The document provides examples of internal conflict, such as a character deciding between right and wrong or struggling with personal feelings. It also notes that external conflict involves a character opposing another person, community, natural forces, or supernatural elements.

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Name: _________________________ Sophomore English

Conflict in Literature
SWBAT:

 Identify Conflict as it appears in literature.


 Distinguish between Internal and External conflict, and their subcategories.
Types of Conflict:
o Internal:
o Man vs. Self
o External:
o Man vs. Man
o Man vs. Nature
o Man vs. Society
o Other:
o Man vs. Supernatural
o Man vs. God
Notes:
1. Internal conflict is _____ a visual or tangible opposition
2. A character dealing with his or her own mixed ________ or emotions
A character may have to decide between right and wrong or between two solutions to a problem.

Ex: Salvador Silva struggles with wanting to know how he is like his biological father, in this
novel her often fights with personal feelings such as this.
3. ___ vs. Self: the struggle is within one’s head
Questions:

Internal conflict is not: Internal conflict is referred to


as:
a. Visible a. Man vs. man
b. Difficult b. man vs. himself
c. Serious c. man vs. external forces

4. External Conflict between a character and an _______ _______ is an external conflict


5. Characters may face several types of ________ forces.
6. The outside force may be another character. It may be the character and/or his or her
community (society).
7. The outside forces may also be forces of nature or environment.
8. External forces may be another character or the _________.

Below you will create your own examples of internal and external forces:

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