Question

directions: read the story below. then, answer the questions.
1 during a pickup basketball game in the local park, trina and hope, two basketball players at the state university, meet and play with a young woman named liz. trina and hope are amazed by lizs abilities as a shooter. she can make shots from any range and never seems to miss. they talk with liz and learn that she played basketball in high school and wanted to continue playing, but her community college doesnt have a team.
2 trina and hope tell their coach, ms. stringer, about liz. coach stringer is intrigued and invites liz to practice with the team. at practice, coach stringer is amazed by lizs abilities, so she recruits liz. liz soon becomes the star of the team, but she doesnt pass the ball much and takes most of the shots. this strategy wins games, but it makes coach stringer angry because she wants liz to share the ball and be a team player. it also frustrates lizs teammates, including trina and hope, who like liz, but wish she would include them instead of taking over the game.
3 as all of this is going on, sports blogger sandra sloan posts stories about liz. sandra thinks if liz keeps up her scoring pace, she can become the first million - dollar female basketball player. sandra would like liz to make history, but liz is torn between sandras faith in her abilities and coach stringers lessons about teamwork. coach stringer thinks that sandra is doing more harm than good

1. in paragraph 1, what external conflict does liz have? explain using the space below.

Explanation:

External conflict refers to a struggle between a character and an outside force. In paragraph 1, Liz's community college doesn't have a basketball team. This is an external conflict as it's an obstacle (the lack of a team at her college) that prevents her from continuing to play basketball, which she wants to do.

Answer:

Liz's external conflict is that her community college doesn't have a basketball team, so she can't continue playing basketball as she wants.