Characterization and Conflicts in Literature

The part of the story that ties up all the loose ends and takes care of the conflict is called:

• the climax

• the resolution

• the exposition

• the plot

Jacob's house was destroyed when Hurricane Irma blew through Florida. What type of conflict is this?

• internal

• Person v Nature

• Person v Society

• indirect

A struggle between two or more opposing forces is called...

• external

• climax

• conflict

• exposition

Read the beginning of The Crucible, Act 1, Part 3:

As Betty remains unconscious, Parris confronts his niece, Abigail, about what was happening in the forest. Abigail hedges, saying they were only dancing, but there are hints that something more was going on. Abigail also may have committed some sin while working for the Proctor family. The Putnams, a prominent couple with a grudge against Parris, arrive and reveal that they sought the help of Parris’s slave, Tituba, to contact their dead children. They also state that their living daughter appears bewitched.

What element of a story is this?

• exposition

• climax

• resolution

• falling action

A character who stays the same over the course of a story is... Check TWO:

• a dymanic character

• a round character

• a flat character

• a static character

Name the type of conflict found here:

MARY WARREN: Abby, we’ve got to tell. Witchery’s a hangin’ error, a hangin’ like they done in Boston two year ago! We must tell the truth, Abby! You’ll only be whipped for dancin’, and the other things!

ABIGAIL: Oh, we’ll be whipped!

MARY WARREN: I never done none of it, Abby. I only looked!

MERCY (moving menacingly toward Mary): Oh, you’re a great one for lookin’, aren’t you, Mary Warren? What a grand peeping courage you have!

• Person v. society

• Person v Person

• Person v nature

• Person v self

Indirect characterization involves...Choose TWO

• learning about characters by things the author tells us outright

• getting to know a character by what others think or say about them.

• a description of the character's looks

• learning about characters through their thoughts and actions

Read this quote from The Crucible, Act 1, Part 1:

...until this strange crisis he, like the rest of Salem, never conceived that the children were anything but thankful for being permitted to walk straight, eyes slightly lowered, arms at the sides, and mouths shut until bidden to speak.

What type of conflict is represented here?

• Person v society

• Person v nature

• Person v person

• Person v self

In Disney's FROZEN, Else is hidden away from the outside world because of her secret magical powers. What type of conflict is this?

• Person v. nature

• Person v person

• Person v self

• Person v society

Character v self is what type of conflict?

• internal

• external