1. Bellringer- 11/10/14 In your notebook, identify a conflict that has occurred in your genre study novel. 1.What is the conflict? 2.Who was involved? 3.What caused the conflict? 4.What was the effect of the conflict? 5.Has the conflict been resolved?

2. Types of Conflicts

3. What is a conflict? A problem that characters face in a story. Often the climax of the story is connected to the solution to a conflict. There are five types of conflicts.

4. Person Vs. Self When a character has problem inside of themselves, an internal conflict Examples A small boy trains to make the team A girl learns to respect herself Link

5. Person Vs. Person When a character has a problem with another character Example Two girls fight over a boy Link

6. Person Vs. Nature When a character has a problem with weather, animals, or hunger. Example An Eskimo must fish in extreme cold to feed his baby. Link

7. Person Vs. Society A character struggles against an issue affecting an entire community. Examples A woman refuses to move to the back of a bus because of the color of her skin. A group of students fight the school over the dress code. Link

8. Person Vs. Supernatural A character has a problem with ghosts, monsters, or things not of this world. Super = Beyond Natural = this world Example A child thinks that his house is haunted Link

9. Clips Jack Jack Attack For the Birds Geri’s GameGeri’s Game Lifted Adventures of Andre & Wally B