Internal & External Conflict

The two types of conflict we experience when reading literature are:

• Round & Dynamic

• Flat & Static

• Internal & External

• Holistic & Existential

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is NOT a type of external conflict?

• Person v, Person

• Person v. Nature

• Person v. Society

• Person v. Self

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or False: there is only one type of internal conflict: Person v. Self

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The type of conflict expressed in the poem, "It's Raining on the House of Anne Frank" is

• External

• Dynamic

• Dramatic

• Internal

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Pick the statement that best explains the internal conflict presented in the poem "It's Raining on the House of Anne Frank"

• The tourists struggle with feeling obligated to visit museums that have been born in challenging times while the narrator struggles with identifying with the tourists.

• The tourists hate waiting in the rain.

• Van Gogh could not find happiness in his art.

• The narrator cant decide if she should hurry to the Van Gogh Museum before dinner.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Identify the type of conflict:

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

• External

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the type of conflict:

At a party, you spent a lot of time talking to a friend from your math class—just chatting. Now another classmate has spread rumors around school about the two of you.

• Internal

• External

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the type of conflict:

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

• External

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the conflict:

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

• Internal

• External

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the conflict

You have a project due on Monday. Even though you have had several weeks to read, by Sunday night you’ve only read half the book. To make things worse, your teacher has stated, “I have high expectations for this assignment.”

• Internal

• External

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3