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Name : _____________________________ Grade & Section: __________________ Score: __________

School: ______________________________Teacher: _________________________ Subject: ENGLISH 7
LAS Writer: EDEN S. AMBAY
Content Editors: ZYNAFE V. CAIJO and IZAH CHARLES M. DADEA
Lesson Topic: External and Internal Conflict_______________________________Quarter 4 Week 5 LAS 1
Learning Target: Distinguish External and Internal Conflict (EN7 LT IIa4).
Reference: Fermin, E., and Papango M.,2017.Grade 7 English Learner’s Material. Makati City: FEP Printing
Press Corporation, pp. 165, 207

Content
External and Internal Conflict

The central struggle between opposing individuals or forces is referred to as conflict. It is a problem or
a disagreement that the characters are dealing with.
There are two types of conflict – external and internal. External conflict refers to the conflict that arises
between a person and an external force, such as between characters, between a character and society, or
between a character and uncontrollable events. Internal conflict –within a single character–may include Man
vs. Self (psychological). It depicts the main character's personality as well as the problem he or she creates.
Examples
EXTERNAL CONFLICT INTERNAL CONFLICT
1. Demonstrations against the police 1. An individual’s decisions challenged by his
conscience
2. A person struggling against the heavy rain 2. Having a hard time to choose between what is
right and what is wrong.
3. Juan gets in a lot of fights. Most of the time he 3. Juan gets in a lot of fights. Most of the time he
starts them and he knows it’s his fault, but he cannot starts them and he knows it’s his fault, but he
control himself when he gets angry. cannot control himself when he gets angry.
4. Karen is walking to the bathroom in the middle of the 4. Karen is walking to the bathroom in the middle
night. All of the lights are off and it is completely of the night. All of the lights are off and it is
dark. She is almost too afraid to continue walking. completely dark. She is almost too afraid to
Suddenly, lightning strikes her house and she continue walking.
smells fire.

Activity 1
Directions: Identify the type of conflict in the given sentences as External or Internal. Write EC if it is external
conflict and IC if internal conflict. Write your answer on the space before each number.
______1. Jenna caught her sister Cheena taking money from their dad’s wallet. Now Jenna must choose
between keeping it a secret or doing the right thing.
______2. Jay and James felt so cold under the heavy rain. They were all wet.
______3. After breaking her mother’s favorite vase, Jeah struggles to decide whether she should tell her
mother the truth or attempt to hide her mistake and blame the family dog.
______4. Rex disagrees with the rules presented by the owner of the house he was renting of.
______5. Although your friends say that you’re very attractive, you think just the opposite. You are overly
critical about physical appearance.
Activity 2
Directions: External or Internal Conflict What conflict is presented in each of the given pictures? Write your
answer on the line provided below the picture.

1a. What type of conflict?__________________ 2a. What type of conflict?______________________

1b. What is the conflict as shown in the picture? 2b. What is the conflict as shown in the picture?
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