Plot Conflicts

What is the turning point or highest point of tension called?

• Resolution

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

Match the following types of conflicts with their descriptions.

• A character's struggle against natural forces

• Character vs Nature

• A character's struggle against societal norms

• Character vs Self

• A conflict between two characters

• Character vs Society

• An internal struggle within a character

• Character vs Character

Definition of:

CONFLICT

• The struggle or conflict in a story

• the force or influence that drives a character forward in a story.

• the moment of greatest tension or excitement in a story.

• a struggle that happens within a character.

EXTERNAL CONFLICT

• a struggle between a character and an outside force

• a struggle that happens WITHIN a character

• a struggle or problem between four characters

• the release of tension after the climax of a story

What type of conflict is best shown here...

• man vs. man

• man vs. self

• man vs. nature

• man vs. society

What type of conflict is best shown here...

• character vs. character

• character vs. self

• character vs. nature

• character vs. society

Match the following terms with their definitions:

• MOTIVATION

• A struggle that happens within a character

• INTERNAL CONFLICT

• A struggle between the chicken and the egg

• CLIMAX

• the moment of greatest tension or excitement in a story

• CHICKEN AND EGG DILEMMA

• the force or influence that drives a character forward in a story.

Tension and suspense begins to grow during the (a)  

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Denouement/Resolution

Definition for:

CLIMAX

• struggle or problem

• struggle between an outside force

• the moment of greatest tension or excitement in a story

• the release of tension after the resolution of the story.

FALLING ACTION

• a struggle that happens within a character

• the release of tension after the climax of a story.

• the force or influence that drives a character forward in a story

• a struggle or a problem