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    The game Ritual

    What is the main conflict that the narrator felt: character vs self

    Which word describes the theme of the story : superstition

    What is the main purpose of the selection : the writer wants to persuade the
    people to be careful how much power they give superstitions.

    In the selection what cannot be inferred about the Narrator: her name

    In the selection The game ritual what was the eventual effect of the rituals
    upon the narrator’s life :
    The narrator’s fear got the better out of her and they quit playing a sport
    she loved.

    Questions and answers:

    1. 1. Who is the narrator?

    One of the parker olympians high team members who eventually left the
    team due to a strange incident.

    2. 2. Why does the team decide to eat peanut butter sandwiches before each
    game?

    Because the coach noticed that the team may have a nutritional deficiency
    which could be helped with the peanut butter sandwich so after they ate the
    sandwich and won it became a routine in their preparation before a soccer
    match, for instance in the text "The whole superstition thing with our soccer
    team started innocently enough. Our team captain, Rosalind, dedicated
    herself to improving our performance. She had read an article about good
    health and decided that our lackluster performance was caused by a
    nutritional deficiency .So, after practice the day before our match with
    Edgefield High, she instructed (some might say commanded) each of us to
    eat a peanut butter sandwich on the morning of the game for the protein.
    The next day, our team scored a one-point win over Edgefield. It was the
    first time we had ever done that well."

    3. 3. What happens after the narrator eats a protein bar instead of a peanut
    butter sandwich before a game?

    She started to get nervous and her stomach start to ache and in the match
    she couldn’t preform will at the match she was acted all right but in the
    match they lost after that she quit soccer for instance "All the way to school,
    my head was spinning like a wayward top. I wondered, fearfully, if what I
    had done would make a difference. As we put on shin guards, I could feel
    that bar knocking against the sides of my stomach like a plank in a rough
    sea".

    4. 4. Use context to confirm the meaning of the word element as it is used in


    “The Game Ritual.” Write your definition of element here.

    Another factor or another component, according to the text "The following


    Saturday, we suited up while listening to “our poem.” Then Debbie, the
    most bubbly and cheerful member of the team, added another element to
    the pregame ritual".

    5. 5. What is another way to say that you guarantee something will happen?

    To promise or vow that something will happen.

    Vocabulary

    Adept : very skilled at something

    Sharon won the talent contest because she was an adept dancer.
    Awkward : not graceful or smooth; clumsy

    Though his movements were awkward, he managed to get the thread


    through the needle.
    Command: to give an authoritative order requiring obedience.
    During the game, the umpire had to command the fan to leave the field.
    Deficiency : lack or shortage

    My mom is worried that I’ll develop a vitamin C deficiency, so she makes


    me take a multivitamin and eat an orange each morning.

    Exhausted: very tired

    The girl is exhausted after playing soccer all day.

    Guarantee: something that assures or promises a certain outcome

    We scheduled the picnic for Saturday, even though we had no guarantee


    that the weather would be sunny.

    Ingredient: one of the things in a mixture

    Fresh eggs are an important ingredient in many recipes.

    Obvious: easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind


    The reviewer’s opinion of the movie was obvious—don’t go see it.

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