Internal or External Conflict

Kelly knows that she saw her friend, Kimmy, steal a pair of earrings, and that she should tell someone. However, Kelly is her friend, and she doesn’t want her to get into trouble.

• INTERNAL

• EXTERNAL

Two candidates are running for mayor. Only one can win.

• INTERNAL

• EXTERNAL

A group of divers is trapped in an underwater cave when a giant octopus swims into the only exit.

• INTERNAL

• EXTERNAL

Phillip knows he should finish his book report, but his friends are going to the beach, and he wants to join them.

• INTERNAL

• EXTERNAL

Sunder refuses to wear the school uniform and is sent home for the day.

• INTERNAL

• EXTERNAL

An astronaut discovers an alien creature on the moon that refuses to let him return to earth.

• INTERNAL

• EXTERNAL

Alone on a sailboat in the Pacific Ocean, Melanie must survive a typhoon and make it back to the mainland.

• INTERNAL

• EXTERNAL

A student organizes a demonstration to protest a city law against skateboarding in an abandoned parking lot.

• INTERNAL

• EXTERNAL

Rosa wants to play on the school football team, but school rules say only boys can play football.

• INTERNAL

• EXTERNAL

Joanna wins a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, but she isn’t sure she wants to go because she is afraid she will miss her friends.

• INTERNAL

• EXTERNAL