Amigo Brothers
Pre-reading vocabulary
Types of Conflict
Review with your partner: What is the definition of a conflict?
External Conflict
• What is it? Someone or something is keeping the protagonist from being happy
• Three Types:
Character vs. Character
Character vs. Nature
Character vs. Society
Internal Conflict
What is it? A character is struggling with his or her own mixed feelings or emotions
The conflict is inside the character’s head
One Type: Character vs. Self ex: “If I Stay”
DEMOLISH
• To destroy
DEVASTATING
• To greatly damage
ELIMINATION
• To get rid of.
EMERGE
• To come out of a place of hiding.
BARRAGE
• A series of hits
PENSIVE
• Thinking
CLARITY
• Clearness
COMMENCE
• To begin
Now respond on your KWL chart
• Use the back of the sheet to think about the following---and fill in the blank with what you think!
• When close friends compete_____________.
• Conflicts between friends can create feelings of _______________.