Internal and External Conflict
9th Grade · ELA · 15 min· 9.t.t.1.b: Analyze How Plot Structures, Conflict, Narrative Devices, Word Choice, And Other Craft Techniques Are Impacted By An Author’s Purpose.
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Learning Objective
I can define internal and external conflict and give examples from literature.
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Stories need conflict, which is a struggle between opposing forces, to be interesting.
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Internal conflict is when a character struggles with themselves, while external conflict is when a character struggles with something outside of themselves.
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Examples of external conflict include person vs. person, person vs. nature, and person vs. society.
