Group Post - Hall, Palmer, Smith

Conflict is a word familiar to most people, and used in various situations. Type setters' dictionary states that a conflict is an opposition between characters or forces. Conflict is often used interchangeably with other words, such as fight or battle, for all of these nouns denote struggle between opposing forces for victory or supremacy. In the subject matter of writing however, the use of conflict can be looked at in a narrower manor. Some instances are ones that should be avoided, like conflicting tense within a paper. Changing from past to present, or vice versa, can cause unnecessary confusion for the reader. However, conflict can also be used to draw the reader in. By portraying two conflicting points, the writer can emphasis the advantage of one, by showing how it differs from another.