The document discusses the seven types of literary conflict: 1. Man vs. Self - The character struggles internally with emotions, choices, or mixed feelings. 2. Man vs. Man - A character struggles against another character, such as a protagonist against an antagonist. 3. Man vs. Nature - A character struggles against natural forces like disasters, animals, or the environment. 4. Man vs. Society - A character struggles against social traditions, rules, or the larger society or organization. 5. Man vs. Supernatural - The character struggles against supernatural beings like gods, ghosts, aliens, or monsters. 6. Man vs. Fate - The character struggles against things outside their control like

1. TYPES OF
LITERARY
CONFLICT
Imma Leya B. Lareza
BSMT,2C,Humanities13,
June 14, 2015
Mr. Jaime Cabrera
Centro Escolar University,
Philippines
I learn about the seven
types of literary conflict by
completing this activity.
Life isn’t
about
finding
yourself,
Its about
creating
yourself.
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2. Why is CONFLICT important?
 Without conflict, there is no story: no TV
shows, movies, radio dramas, comics,
novels… and life would be boring.
 The storyline happens due to the conflict.
 Conflict is introduced in the rising action.
 Change happens at the turning point.
 Conflict is faced head-on during the climax.
 Conflict begins to work itself out during the
falling action.
 Conflict is resolved during the resolution.
 This homework is worth 10 quizzes. Each quiz
is numbered.

3. 1. INTERNAL
CONFLICT
There is only one type of
internal conflict.

4. MAN vs. SELF
 The character(s) struggle happens in their own
mind(s).
 This may be a choice between right and wrong, or
related overcoming emotions or mixed feelings.
My First Idea My Second Idea My Resulting Action
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5. 2. EXTERNAL
CONFLICT
There are six types of
external conflict.

6. MAN vs. MAN
 A character struggles with another character.
 Protagonist vs. Antagonist
The Good One The Bad One The Struggle
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7. MAN vs. NATURE
A character struggles with a force of nature such as natural
disaster, desolation, animal, or any natural element (also
called Man VS Environment). This can be a struggle for
control, or for survival.
Human Nature The Struggle
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8. MAN vs. SOCIETY
 In this conflict, a character or a group of characters fight against a
society or large organization or group.
 The character fights against social traditions, rules, values, beliefs, or
ways of doing something.
 This can be used to comment on positive or negative aspects of real
society (satire)
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9. MAN vs. SUPERNATURAL
The character(s) struggle against God, gods, ghosts, monsters,
spirits, aliens, fairies, magical or supernatural beings.
The Supernatural Our Conflict The Result
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10. MAN vs. FATE
The character struggles against coincidence,
happenstance, luck, or destiny .
My First Example My Second Example My Third Example
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11. MAN vs. TOOLS
The character struggles against simple or complex tools,
basic or advanced technology, or inventions.
My First Example My Second Example My Third Example
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12. 3. CONFLICT:
Brain Practice
Imma Leya B. Lareza
BSMT 2C, Humanities13
June 14, 2015
Mr. Jaime Cabrera
Centro Escolar University,
Philippines
I personalize my learning
about the types of literary
conflict by completing this
three-part activity.
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13. New concepts learned
 The new stuffs I learned while making this
assignment are don’t be cruel to others,
always make our environment clean so
that we won’t suffer from its effects, and
never give, no matter how small you start,
always dream big.
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14. This reminds me of…
 This assignment reminds me of my hometown
Catanduanes, which is also known as the
land of the howling wind. Even when it rains
hard and a signal no.4 typhoon is coming we
are still safe. Our island is very eco-friendly
and there are lot of trees on the mountain but
when they started to cut trees, pollute the
seas and always dumping garbage anywhere
they want, there are always landslide and
floods even when its a light rain. So I will make
sure that I will help restore and plant more
trees on our mountains.
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15. Usefulness in real situations
 How can you use what you have learned
in some situations in your own life?
 Keep it short: this one slide only
 Arrange: most emotional situations first
APPLICATIONS
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Note: Tests can include ideas from these sources: [Reference1]
[Reference 2]

16. http://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/education/types-of-literary-conflict
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HOMEWORK ALERT
You will be assigned a story from the textbook.
You will create a story board online.
See the examples at:
The story assignments will be announced in the
very near future.
Prepare yourself. Know the different types of
conflicts.