Conflicts in Literature

What type of conflict is this?
You love going to soccer practice every Friday night. However, last week you had to go to dinner with your family instead, and this week a friend has invited you to the movies.

• Internal, person vs. self
• External, person vs. person
• External, person vs. force of nature
• External, person vs. society

What type of conflict is this?
For the past month, you have been bullied on the school bus by older middle school guys. They typically call you names and sometimes even poke at you. Finally one day, you get fed up and scream, “Don’t ever touch me again!”

• Internal, person vs. self
• External, person vs. person
• External, person vs. society
• External, person vs. technology

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of conflict is this?

Although your friends say that you’re very attractive, you think just the opposite. You are overly critical about physical appearance.

• Internal, person vs. self
• External, person vs. society
• External, person vs. person
• External, person vs. technology

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of conflict is this?
Your school has a state level ice-hockey team—for boys. When you and a group of girlfriends want to start a girls’ hockey program, you’re told that, although it’s a nice idea, there just isn’t enough money in the athletic budget.

• Internal, person vs. self
• External, person vs. person
• External, person vs. society
• External, person vs. nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of conflict is this?
Your dad is driving you and your friends to a big football game in town. Although you left in plenty of time, he seems to have lost his way. You think you saw the football field a couple of blocks back. When you tell your dad, he says, “Who’s driving—you or me?”

• Internal, person vs. self
• External, person vs. person
• External, person vs. technology
• External, person vs. nature

A character is trying to survive the biggest snowstorm of the century.

• character v. character

• character v. nature

• character v. self

• character v. society

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

I was just about to beat my high score in Call of Duty when my mom walked into the room and stood directly in front of the TV screen. “Mom! What are you doing?!” In her hand was a folded piece of paper. My report card must have arrived. This was about to get ugly. “Exactly when were you going to tell me that you are failing three classes?! Youʼre failing gym! How do you fail gym??” I rolled my eyes and sighed, and that just made things worse

What is the conflict?

• Character v. Nature

• Character v. Character

• Character v. Society

• Character v. Self

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A young man who lost his lost his dog to old age struggles with the decision to get a new dog.

• Character v. Self
• Character v. Character
• Character v. Nature
• Character v. Society

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A character struggles to survive being lost in the wilderness alone.

• Character v. Society
• Character v. Character
• Character v. Nature
• Character v. Self

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In BATMAN, the main character, Bruce Wayne, tries to save the city of Gotham from the conniving Joker!

• Character v. Self
• Character v. Character
• Character v. Society
• Character v. Nature

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3