Types of Conflict Conflict – The resistance that the protagonist faces within the story. This can be caused by an outward force (external) or be due to the character’s own feelings (internal). External Conflict Person vs. Person Person vs. Nature Person vs. Society Internal Conflict Person vs. Self

Internal Conflict Person vs Self NOT a visual or tangible opposition. a character dealing with his or her own mixed feelings or emotions. Example: A character may have to decide between right and wrong or between two solutions to a problem.

External Conflict Definition: A struggle between a character and an outside force is an external conflict. Person vs. Person/Nature/Society Examples of External Conflict: Characters may face several types of outside forces. The outside force may be another character. It may be the character and 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.

Identify the conflict

Identify the conflict

Identify The Conflict

Theme In a piece of literature, the theme is the underlying central idea or the statement about life. Themes are sentences, not words. Words that describe a story are called Topics. Themes are usually views on life, human behavior, and/or society

Theme A theme is combination of a topic and a statement about that topic. Some ways to find theme: What characters say (look at the dialogue) What the character learns Thoughts & feelings of the characters The actions and events in the story

Looking at Conflict & Theme Crossroads – Page 33 Acceptance Modeling Tomorrow’s Assignment Robert Frost – The Road Not Taken

Acceptance – Crossroad 33 Remember – Conflict describes

The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

What are some topic words that come to mind? The Road Not Taken

Focus on one word, which is the central topic? Central Topic/ Most important word? What can be said about that word in a sentence?