Internal and External Conflict

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Internal and External Conflict
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What is Conflict?

• A conflict is a struggle between opposing forces.
  
• There are two main kinds of conflict in stories
  internal and external.
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Internal Conflict

• A struggle that takes place in a character's mind
  is called internal conflict. For example, a
  character may have to decide between right and
  wrong or between two solutions to a problem.
  Sometimes, a character must deal with his or her
  own mixed feelings or emotions.
• Character vs. Self

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External Conflict

• A struggle between a character and an outside
  force is an external conflict. Characters may
  face several types of outside forces. The outside
  force may be another character. It may be the
  community. The outside force may also be forces
  of nature. For example, a story might be the main
  character struggling against the arctic cold.

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External Conflict

• Character vs. Character
• (Harry Potter vs. Voldemort)
• Character vs. Nature
• (Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz)
• Character vs. Society
• (Shrek from Shrek)

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So, whats the difference?

• An internal conflict is just that a conflict
  that takes place internally. This is better known
  as character vs. self.
• An external conflict is a conflict that can be
  seen physically. We know external conflicts as
  character vs. character, character vs. nature,
  and character vs. society.
• Now you practice!!

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Internal or External 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.

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Internal or External Conflict?

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

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Internal or External Conflict?

• For the past month, you have been bullied on the
  school bus by older middle school guys. They
  typically call you names and sometimes even poke
  at you. Finally one day, you get fed up and
  scream, Dont ever touch me again!

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Internal or External Conflict?

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

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Internal or External Conflict?

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

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Internal or External Conflict?

• Your dad is driving you and your friends to a big
  football game in town. Although you left in
  plenty of time, he seems to have lost his way.
  You think you saw the football field a couple of
  blocks back. When you tell your dad, he says,
  Whos drivingyou or me?

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Writing Prompt

• List 3 reasons why it would be difficult to
  compete against your best friend.

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Amigo Brothers Story Sleuth
Read the following vocabulary from Amigo
Brothers. Write the words you dont know under
Mystery Words. Then complete the rest of the
worksheet using the vocabulary words to guide you.

• Devastating
• Friendship
• Perpetual
• Dispelled
• Evading
• Championship
• Gym

• Challenger
• Boys Club
• Tenement
• Gym
• Punch
• Ringside
• Rooftop

• Ducked
• Announcer
• Hermano
• Decision
• Pain
• promise

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Amigo Brothers pg. 283

• Please complete the worksheet as you read Amigo
  Brothers