EF5/6 Writing about conflict in a short story

Conflict –

EXTERNAL CONFLICTS

Person vs person

Person vs society

Person vs nature

Person vs technology

Person vs supernatural

INTERNAL CONFLICT

Person vs herself/himself

Paragraph – What is one conflict in your life?

Choose one for one paragraph. You can’t write about 2-3 in one paragraph. One paragraph is about one idea.

Begin with a topic sentence. The TS must address the writing prompt (question).

What is one conflict in your life?

- use same vocab, or use synonyms

BEGIN WITH A TOPIC SENTENCE

In my life I have many conflicts, but the biggest one is person vs society. That is, I have some big problems as a recent immigrant to Canada. First, I have some problems with social customs in Canada.

Firstly, I have some problems with social customs in Canada.

First of all, I have some problems with social customs in Canada.

The first, I have some problems with social customs in Canada. XXX

The first conflict is that I have some problems with social customs in Canada. (noun clause)

The first conflict is I have some problems with social customs in Canada. (noun clause)

The first problem I have is with social customs in Canada. (noun clause)

Second,

Secondly,

Next,

EXAMPLE QUESTION FOR LITERARY STUDIES 10/ ENGLISH FOUNDATIONS 7

Describe one conflict in “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”.

WRITING PROCESS –

PREWRITING – making a plan

1.    Analyze the topic. Read the question carefully. Read the question five times. Read every word.

2.    Generate some ideas. Brainstorm, make a list, mindmap.

Person vs society, WW vs government, townpeople

Person vs person, WW vs judge

TS judge thinks he is more powerful than WW

TIME ORDER

1.    judge want to control her, she’s too powerful

 “try to make the Wise Woman confess” TOO LONG

2.    judge speaks rudely, doesn’t respect her

“Wretched woman!”

3.    he wants to keep her in jail, she escapes

“she leapt into the boat and grabbed the tiller” TOO LONG

3.    Organize- TIME, SPACE, or IMPORTANCE

TS

-supporting sentence

CS

WRITING

4.    Rough copy

5.    Proofread and edit

6.    Rewrite a Good copy Pass in the rough copy

ROUGH PASS-IN COPY

One major conflict in “The Wise Woman of Cordoba” is person vs person, that is, the Wise Woman versus the judge. The main problem is that the judge thinks he is more powerful than the Wise Woman, but she shows him that he is not. First, the judge wants to control her, but she’s too powerful to be controlled. The judge tries to get her to “confess”; however, he is not successful. Secondly, the judge speaks very rudely to her which shows that he does not respect her. He insults her by calling her a “Wretched woman!”. Despite this insult, she just laughs at him. The final point is that he wants to keep her in jail to punish her; nevertheless, she escapes when she “leap[s] into the boat” and vanishes through the wall. In the end, the Wise Woman was victorious over the judge.

Writing process:
PREWRITING
1. Read the question!
2. Generate ideas
3. Organize
WRITING
4. Rough copy - TS, supporting sents, CS
5. Proofread, edit
6. Rewrite good copy Pass in rough copy, as long as it is legible (readable)