An external conflict is a conflict that is not internal, which means, it is not a conflict in which one person can't decide between some options, but rather when there is a conflict between some individuals.
The correct answer is C. A retired lawyer comes back to court to fight a new young lawyer in a case that will save the home of a needy family.
The other options are all internal conflicts.
I say skimming through a book is bad for you because 1. You could missed little details or important details. 2.that can also effect your eyes if your reading to quickly.
Italics do not show up on this site, but "D. Have you read Ambrose Bierce's short story An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" works as long as "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" is in italics.
A pause can be used to give emphasis to a certain point. The pauses can also be used to single out a certain sentence and those sentences are what later get quoted in newspaper articles or people what people use to refer to the speech in question.