Conflict Diagnostic - Pre-Assessment

What are the two MAIN types of conflict?

• setting and characters
• internal and essential
• internal and external
• external and essential

What is the definition of an "internal" conflict?

• A hero in a story that saves many lives.
• A problem that a character has with other characters.
• A struggle between a character and a family member.
• An issue that a character faces within him/her self.

Man vs Society is...

• Internal

• External

• Both

• Neither

Man vs Nature is...

• Internal

• External

• Both

• Neither

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.
• A struggle between two opposing forces.
• The climax in a story.
• Part of the resolution.

Sarah was accepted into her top choice for college, however, it is the most expensive one on her list. Should she sacrifice her family's wallet to attend the school of her dreams, or should she be conservative and consider other schools?

• character vs. character
• character vs. society
• character vs. nature
• character vs. self

A plane crashed on an island in the middle of the ocean.  Chuck had to survive ... all on his own!

• character vs. self
• character vs. character
• character vs. nature
• character vs. society

What type of conflict is presented in the picture?

Katniss was forced to play the Hunger Games because those were the rules of the government.

• Person vs Person

• Person vs Nature

• Person vs Self

• Person vs Society

In the Harry Potter Series, Harry Potter battles with his relationship to magic.

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Self

• Character vs. Supernatural

• Character vs. Character

What is the definition of a character motive?

• The choices that contribute to the character's conflict in the story.

• the description of a character's personality throughout a story.

• the reason behind a character's behaviours and actions in a given scene or throughout a story.

• A group of characters that causes conflict for the protagonist.