THE THIRD WISHBY JOAN AIKEN

PREWRITE

LIST what you think are the three most

common wishes people make.

VOCABULARY BUILDER

Write 5 sentences WITH CONTEXT CLUES for each of the following words.

Extricate p.274 Composure p. 275 Presumptuous p. 275 Rash p. 276 Remote p. 276

What NOT to do: He had a plethora of candy. (Where are the context clues?) What TO DO: He had a plethora of candy, so he ended up giving some away. (Can

you find the context clues?)UNDERLINE THE WORD IN THE SENTENCE

Internal Conflict – A battle on the inside (like having to make a decision about something)

External Conflict – A battle on the outside (like a person vs. another person and a person vs. nature)

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Internal Vs. External Conflict

What is Conflict?

A conflict is a struggle between opposing forces.

There are two main kinds of conflict in stories: internal and external.

Internal Conflict

A struggle that takes place in a character's mind is called internal conflict. For example, a character may have to decide between right and wrong or between two solutions to a problem. Sometimes, a character must deal with his or her own mixed feelings or emotions.

Character vs. Self

External Conflict A struggle between a character and

an outside force is an external conflict. Characters may face several types of outside forces. The outside force may be another character. It may be the community. The outside force may also be forces of nature. For example, a story might be the main character struggling against the arctic cold.

External Conflict

Character vs. Character (Harry Potter vs. Voldemort)Character vs. Nature (Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz”)

So, what’s the difference?

An internal conflict is just that– a conflict that takes place internally. This is better known as character vs. self.

An external conflict is a conflict that can be seen physically. We know external conflicts as character vs. character and character vs. nature.

Is it internal or external?

The Wizard of Oz

Aladdin

A League of Their Own

Turn to page 274 in your literature book. Read “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken. Stop at each LITERARY ANALYSIS question as well as each READING SKILL question and answer them before moving on.