| A | B |
| afflicted | affected with something painful or distressing |
| summarily | quickly or arbitrarily |
| stifled | suffocated or smothered |
| famished | weakened from hunger |
| encumbrance | something in the way; obstruction |
| man vs technology | a character must learn or overcome a man made force |
| man vs man | two characters against each other |
| man vs society | a character has a belief that goes against what everyone else does/says/believes and it causes him to be a target for ridicule, threats or even violence |
| man vs self | an internal struggle in which a character must overcome something about his/her own nature |
| man vs nature | character must oversome or deal with a powerful natural force |
| conflict | struggle between two opposing forces |