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Literary Terms
you need to know
Types of Conflicts in Stories
Move the boxes to see a brief description of the stages of plot!
Five steps of a plot
introduces story's setting and characters
1. exposition
2. rising action
3. climax
4. falling action
5. resolution
Story elements
1. characters
2. plot
3. setting
4. theme
5. conflict builds suspense
most interesting and exciting part of the story
moves toward the conclusion and eases tension. reveals the final outcome of the conflict
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Conflict
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Necessary to a
Usually only
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story
one conflict in
Longer stories usually have
Adds excitement
Conflict is the primary problem in a short stories
more than one
conflict
story. In other words it is a clash or struggle between opposing forces. This battle may be either ......
and suspense
Conflict is usually made clear in the
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Conflict becomes more
intense during the
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Character
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climax that influences how conflict ends
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Conflict is solved during the
resolution
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Two major kinds of conflict
External conflict involves a struggle between a character and a force outside of himself. Kinds of
Three kinds of external conflict
external
conflicts
man vs. society
man vs. nature
Conflict between two persons and their opinions
Conflict between
man and society man vs. man
man vs. society
man vs. man
Internal conflict is a struggle between a character and his inner self over a specific problem. The character often has trouble making a decision. Conflict between
man and some
element of nature
man vs. nature
man vs. self
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Your turn!
Kind of internal conflict
The most important kind of conflict we read about in our stories is man vs. self. The person stuggles with an inner problem.
1) Read Ghost of the Lagoon on pg. 192 of your Literature textbook
2) Determine what kind of conflicts are found in it.
3) Write the details from the story in the appropriate box or boxes below
that helped you determine the type of conflict used.
internal
man vs. nature
man vs. self
man vs. society
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man vs. man
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