1. Internal conflict a. What happens in the plot is not what the reader or audience expects 2. External conflict b. Conflict is within the person or in the character’s mind 3. Character vs. character conflict c. The character means the opposite of what he or she says 4. Character vs. society conflict d. Conflict is with a natural force, such as an animal or the weather 5. Character vs. nature conflict e. Conflict is with something outside of the character or person 6. Situational irony f. The reader or audience knows something that the character does not know 7. Dramatic irony g. Conflict is with another person or a group of people 8. Verbal irony h. Conflict is with a larger group, such as a government or an institution