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EOC Coach Book #5: Conflict and Plot<br />

conflict ­ struggle between two people, between a person<br />

and some outsider factor, or internal battle<br />

plot ­ sequence of events in a story<br />

types of external conflict<br />

• man vs. man<br />

• man vs. environment<br />

• man vs. nature<br />

• man vs. animal<br />

• man vs. machine<br />

• man vs. supernatural<br />

types of internal conflict<br />

• man vs. himself<br />

CE 1)<br />

CE2)<br />

1) 2) 3) 4)<br />

Coach #5: Conflict and Plot<br />

EOC Coach Book #6: Characters<br />

Characters ­ people (or animals, creatures, or objects) in a story<br />

Characterization ­ process by which writers reveal characters to the reader<br />

Elements of characterization:<br />

• thoughts<br />

• words<br />

• speech patterns<br />

• actions<br />

• motivations<br />

• description (by narrator and other characters)<br />

• thoughts, words, and actions of other characters<br />

CE1)<br />

CE2)<br />

1) 2) 3) 4)<br />

Coach #6 Characters<br />

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