Internal vs. External Conflict: Internal: "inside" or "in your mind"factors : emotional struggle of character. For example, "I am so worried I will fail the test. I can't eat, I can't sleep, I am really stressed out about this!" External Conflict: outside factors: environment, people, society, neighborhood, weather- For example, the rain poured so heavily and I couldn't see when I was driving. I turned on the windshield wipers, but nothing helped in his downpour. I would have to drive slowly to not have a car accident. I will be late to work. I hope my boss knows that it wasn't me, it was the rain!"