CONFLICT power point

CONFLICT IN LITERATURE... Exposition: the start of the story, the situation before the action starts Rising Action: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the cli

CONFLICT

IN LITERATURE

Plot is the literary element that describes the structure of

a story It shows arrangement of events and actions

within a story

Exposition: the start of the story,

the situation before the action starts

Rising Action: the series of

conflicts and crisis in the story that

lead to the climax

Climax: the turning point, the

most intense moment—either mentally or in action

Falling Action: all of the

action which follows the climax

Resolution: the conclusion, the

tying together of all of the threads

Plot Components

Plot: Conflict

Conflict is the dramatic struggle between two forces in a story Without conflict, there is no plot.

Conflicts can be either….

EXTERNAL

Or

INTERNAL

EXTERNAL CONFLICT involves a struggle between a character and a

force outside of himself.

INTERNAL CONFLICT is a struggle between a character and something within himself/herself This could be his/her conscience, fear, love or other

struggles of that source.

Group Work – Turn and

Talk

Read the following excerpt from Saki’s “The Interlopers” Turn and talk with a partner and decide what kind of conflict is evident What are some solutions to this conflict?

…a mass of falling beech tree had thundered down on

them Ulrich Von Gradwitz found himself stretched on the ground, one arm numb beneath him and the other held almost as helplessly in a tight tangle of forked

branches, while both legs were pinned beneath the

fallen mass His heavy shooting boots had saved his feet from being crushed to pieces, but if his fractures were not as serious as they might have been, at least

it was evident that he could not move from his present position till someone came to release him…

WHAT TYPE OF

CONFLICT?

External Conflict!

Man V Nature

1. What is nature as represented here?

2. How can this struggle be resolved?

3. What would your thoughts be at this time?

Group Work – Turn and

Talk

Now read the following excerpt

from “The Most Dangerous

Game.” Again identify the conflict and explain what kind of conflict it

is.

Rainsford had fought his way through the bush for two hours “I must keep my nerve I must keep my nerve,” he said through tight

teeth

He had not been entirely clear-headed when the chateau gates snapped shut behind him His whole idea at first was to put distance between himself and General Zaroff, and, to this end, he had plunged along, spurred on by the sharp

rowels of something very like panic

WHAT TYPE OF

CONFLICT?

Internal Conflict!

Man V Himself

1. What is Rainsford fighting here?

2. What seems to have caused this conflict?

Sum Up

 There are three types of external conflict: Man V Man, Man V Nature, and Man V Society

 There is one type of internal conflict: Man

vs Himself

 Conflict is ESSENTIAL to any story