Conflict and Resolution

Conflict and Resolution

Recognizing a Plot Element

Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear decide to go for a walk in the forest while their porridge cools. Goldilocks is also taking a walk in the forest. She walks up to the Bears' house. She sees that no one is home. She also sees the porridge. She is hungry, so she enters the house.

—“Goldilocks and the Three Bears”

Multiple Choice

This passage is part of the

• resolution

• exposition

• falling action

• climax

Identifying Conflict

The evening before the big fight, Tony made his way to the roof of his tenement. In the quiet early dark, he peered over the ledge. Six stories below the lights of the city blinked and the sounds of cars mingled with the curses and the laughter of children in the street. He tried not to think of Felix, feeling he had succeeded in psyching his mind. But only in the ring would he really know. To spare Felix hurt, he would have to knock him out, early and quick.

—“Amigo Brothers,”

Piri Thomas

Multiple Choice

What is the conflict in this passage?

• Tony worries about how to fight Felix without hurting him.

• Tony cannot figure out how to get down from the roof.

• Tony no longer wants to be friends with Felix.

• Tony wants to figure out a way for both of them to win.

Identifying Resolution

The Bears return from their walk ready to eat their porridge. They discover Goldilocks asleep in one of their beds. Goldilocks wakes up and jumps out of bed. She runs out the door and never goes to their house again.

—“Goldilocks and the Three Bears”

Multiple Choice

Which statement shows the resolution?

• The Bears return from their walk ready to eat their porridge.

• They discover Goldilocks asleep in one of their beds.

• Goldilocks wakes up and jumps out of bed.

• Goldilocks runs out the door and never goes to their house again.