Types of Conflict

The main character of a story is the....

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

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On the way to school, Nelson felt upset. He thought, "Why did I play video games all night instead of studying for my Algebra test?"

• internal

• external

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What is the definition of an "external" conflict?

• An issue between a character and an outside force.
• A problem within the exposition of a story.
• A struggle that a character has within him/her self.
• A problem caused by the protagonist.

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Jack Juniper is the best fighter pilot in the Air Force. He can take down an enemy jet while doing a barrel roll. One day while Jack is escorting some friendly pilots to a military base, something that Jack has never seen before attacks the convoy... aliens! Can Jack outmaneuver the highly skilled alien pilots or is the mission doomed to failure?

• Character vs. Self

• Character vs. Technology

• Character vs. Supernatural

• Character vs. Nature

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Jerome and his family are vacationing on an island in tropical paradise. The waters are clear, the skies are big, and the sand is clean. Suddenly, when a rumble shakes Jerome’s sister off of her beach chair, Jerome remembers that the island on which they are staying is one big volcano. Soon the mountain releases it wrath and the eruption threatens every person on the island.

• Character vs. Self

• Character vs. Character

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Nature

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Ever since Ziggy lost his twin brother in a tragic car accident, Ziggy hasn’t been the same. He has been dragging his feet through life with a glazed look in his eyes. His grades have dropped, he doesn’t want to hang out with his friends or family anymore, and he barely leaves his bedroom. Ziggy’s mother cannot bear to lose two sons, so she sends Ziggy to an intensive survival bootcamp program far away from home.

• Character vs. Self
• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Nature

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Erik is just a regular Viking warrior making a living off of raiding and plundering villages. Erik’s career has been going pretty well, until he attempts to raid the small hamlet of Resistia. In Resistia, a brave farmer named William leads the peasants and drives the Vikings out of Resistia in the most embarrassing of fashions. After vowing revenge, Erik and his men return with reinforcements and incendiary weapons.

• Character vs. Self

• Character vs. Character

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Nature

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Greg is just a regular boy who tries to do his best in school and just so happens to have a magical unicorn. When he's not studying and playing baseball, Greg is riding his unicorn through the enchanted land of Harmonia. When Greg brings something to Harmonia that he shouldn't, a secret gate is unlocked and the muck-muck monsters are unleashed, causing terrible pollution in Harmonia. Can Greg and his unicorn stop the muck-muck monsters before they find a way to Greg's world?

• Character vs. Technology

• Character vs. Supernatural

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Individual

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It's the year 3030 and society is completely dependent on computers and robots. A young boy named Domino is flying his hover board to school when all of the machines start acting up and attacking people due to a powerful computer virus. What will Domino do now that the machines that are supposed to help him have turned against him?

• Character vs. Nature

• Character vs. Individual

• Character vs. Supernatural

• Character vs. Technology

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Even when dad tried to lock the lid of the trash can, wild animals still got into it and left a mess strewn about. They even had a separate trash can for food that they shut tightly and stacked high, but it didn’t matter. Living near a forest was wonderful, except for the smell of trash that lingered from the animal’s midnight feasts!

• Character vs. Supernatural

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Nature

• Character vs. Self

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