Unit 10.

1: Conflict
English as a Second Language
Learning Activity – Types of Conflict

Conflict
TYPE VISUAL DEFINITION EXAMPLE
• A woman is tempted to steal
money from her employer in order
to feed her family.
An INTERNAL conflict • A man tries to decide whether to
that involves the stay with his family or move to
Person vs.
struggle between the another state to take a better
Self
character and his/her paying job.
conscience. • A teenager is torn between
ditching school with her friends
and staying to take a test in a class
she is failing.
An EXTERNAL conflict • A family is stranded in a
that involves a snowstorm.
struggle between the • A woman is unable to function
Person vs.
character and the because of illness or condition.
Nature
elements of nature • A man is stalked by a wild animal
that are beyond in the forest.
his/her control.
• A wife and husband disagree about
An EXTERNAL conflict
how their money should be spent.
that involves a
• Two little boys get into a fistfight.
Person vs. struggle, mental or
• A boss fires an employee.
Person physical, between
two characters in the
story.

• A woman is in a hurry and runs a

An EXTERNAL conflict
red light.
that involvews the
• A teenager breaks the curfew set
struggle between a
Person vs. by his parents.
characterand the
Society • A man stands up for what he
rules or laws that
believes is right, even though
govern the society in
almost everyone else disagrees
which he/she lives.
with him.

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