Conflict types

Conflict types

These are the most common types of conflicts

What is conflict?

• The conflict is the struggle in the story.

• Not all conflict is bad. Conflict can be productive and allows the story to build.

• In a story or novel, the actions that the characters take to solve the conflict or face the problem builds toward a climax

Conflict categories

• There are two types of conflict:

• Internal; that is where a person struggles to overcome something or some idea within themselves.

• External; that is where the struggle is with some element outside of the character's person.

Multiple Choice

What is a conflict?

• The characters in a story talking to each other around a campfire.

• The problem that the characters in the story struggle against as they work towards a climax.

• A fight

• Part of the resolution

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of an internal conflict?

• James struggles to get up the slippery slope of the mountain.

• Suzy and her parents disagree about her curfew.

• Jenny knows that she should study, but she really wants to go to her best friend's birthday party.

• John is caught in a blizzard and has no firewood.

Conflict types

• Man vs. Man (Two characters have an issue that causes a difference of opinion.)

• Man vs. Nature (The character is in opposition to the forces of nature.)

• Man vs. Society (The character is in opposition to the expectations of society.)

• Man vs. Self (The character is in opposition with something inside themselves.)

• Man vs. technology (The character is in opposition to a technological advance. This is mostly in science fiction.)

Multiple Choice

Joachim is trapped in an elevator that is only voice activated, but it does not recognize his speech patterns.

• man vs. self

• man vs. society

• man vs. man

• man vs. technology

Multiple Choice

In conflict, when we refer to "man" it means...

• a male human

• a character in a story, whether is is human, animal, or fantasy male or female.

• the main character only

• Outside forces

Multiple Choice

The Smith family is the keeper of a lighthouse in the 1800s, and so they are unable to evacuate from Hurricane Sam because the light can not go out. What type of conflict is this?

• man vs. man

• man vs. self

• man vs. society

• man vs. nature

Multiple Choice

Lamont is protesting the unfair treatment of animals in his city by painting murals on abandoned buildings at night when he is arrested. What type of conflict is this?

• man vs. society

• man vs. man

• man vs. self

• man vs. nature

Multiple Choice

Wonder Woman hears that Adrestia is planning to blow up City Hall. She swoops in to stop her. What type of conflict is this?

• man vs. man

• man vs. self

• man vs. nature

• man vs. society