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00:03: Whenever you read a story or watch a movie there's always conflict, and that's what makes us want to learn and care about the people in the story, their problems. That's what makes it interesting because let's face it, without a conflict or problem involved the story would probably be pretty boring. 00:25: They are two main types of conflict: External and internal. External conflict is where a character is struggling with something outside of himself, such as another character, perhaps an animal, something in nature like a hurricane, or flood, a machine, a type of technology, or all of society. The whole point is that whatever the external problem is it's outside and beyond the control of that character. 00:54: Internal conflict is the opposite. This is where the character is struggling within himself or herself for some reason. Maybe the character has a really hard decision to make and they're going back and forth about what to do and they're having a moral dilemma. That's a type of internal conflict. Feeling lonely or unsure about oneself are also examples of internal conflict. 01:18: Generally in the story there's going to be one main type of conflict, but there's usually lots of different conflicts that all work together. If you think about a movie for example, there might be that one big villain that the character is fighting, but there's usually going to be other types of conflicts, maybe some internal conflicts going on at the same time.
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Question 1
What is the term for the problem(s) faced by a character?
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A conflictconflict
B plotplot
C settingsetting
D tonetone
Question 2
Bob is angry with his friend for eating his sandwich. Which conflict best describes this situation?
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A character vs. selfcharacter vs. self
B character vs. naturecharacter vs. nature
C character vs. societycharacter vs. society
D character vs. charactercharacter vs. character
Question 3
Tina is having a really difficult time deciding whether or not to tell her parents that she recently failed an important exam. Which conflict best describes this situation?
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A character vs. selfcharacter vs. self
B character vs. naturecharacter vs. nature
C character vs. societycharacter vs. society
D character vs. charactercharacter vs. character
Question 1: The term for the problem(s) faced by a character is conflict.
Question 2: The conflict that best describes Bob being angry with his friend for eating his sandwich is character vs. character.
Question 3: The conflict that best describes Tina's difficult time deciding whether or not to tell her parents about her failed exam is character vs. self.