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What do you learn about the characters from their interactions?

The action from Trip when he went to Dee’s house to ask to play football I think that action started a friendship but I think if he never did what he did he would never have the chance to see who Dee is. If Dee did not play football they would not realize that they have a connection because it says in the text that “the backyard is no good for football”.”it’s straight downhill and full of oak trees all the way to the creek”.”plus mama has a couple of flower beds running across it to trip you”.

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Why did the author write this passage?

I think the author wrote this passage because it gives details about Trip and Dee. He also wrote this passage because he introduced the characters and what they are like. Because in the text it states “That’s too bad, because you’ve got a great arm. I mean, you could play for the New York Giants”. The New York Giants are a pro football team. So in those sentences you can tell that Dee has a great arm, because Trip complimented Dee’s arm. Also another text evidence is “I looked in in the backyard, and there was Dee in an old red shirt, stretching as far as he could with the rake, pulling it in hard. He’s pretty skinny and short to be almost eleven, but I never saw anybody get a yard so clean”. So based on that evidence it mostly talks about how Dee is a hard-worker. Also the author wrote this passage to give us thoughts in my mind.

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What do you learn about the characters from there interactions?

I can learn a lot about Trip from his interactions. He obviously wants to know why African Americans don’t have the same opportunities as white people do. For example,” What if there was a colored person who wasn’t poor and wanted to join the country club? Would y’all let him?” “Well, you know, Trip people tend to want to socialize with their own kind. They have their own schools and churches and clubs and so on, and we have ours, and it’s probably best to to keep it all separate.” I think what Papaw was stupid. Why should it be separate in the first place. This is why Trip was asking, he also thinks the same thing. I learned from Trips interations that Trip thinks there sould be no reason to treat African Americans different.

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How is the character feeling in this part of the story? Why?
Trip is feeling curious because he doesn’t now why colored people are being treated differently and he thought colored people could be a quarterback in the text it states “well you oughta go out for quarterback. I didn’t know a colored kid could— whoops. I didn’t mean to say that.”

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Trip is getting to know Dee in the book because in the text, it states,” so you play ball a lot I asked, “I throw a wiffle ball at school”, so they are starting to know each other. Also it said that Trips parents said they might move to Kansas City which, like always you have to meet new people and get to know them.

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What word best describes the main character? Why?

I would describe Trip as brave because he went to Dee’s house because in the text it said “I never talked to a colored person before”. So he still went to Dee’s house and he is the 1st colored person that’s why he is brave. Plus it was where black people were treated wrong.I also have another trait is that he is kind because he asked Dee to throw the ball with him on pg 5. Plus when they did not have enough players Trip asked Dee because in text it says “Dee can play some football, can’t he, stokes,stokes finally looked up and nodded and said Dee can play”.

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Explain why the main character changes during the story?

So far in the book I think Trip has changed in the story a lot because in the beginning on page 3 and 4 it mostly tells how Trip has nobody to play catch with, then he looks at Dee, and sees him doing Yard work. In the text it states “Nobody can play football by himself. So who am I supposed to play with? You could ask Dee. He’s been workin’ all morning without taking a break. He could use one. I looked in the backyard, and there was Dee in an old red shirt. Okay, I thought, why not? I’ll ask Dee if he wants to pass it around a little. I almost never talked to colored people”. Now a little bit later like 30-40 pages, Trip is getting to know Dee and Trip had a football game with his friends and Trip picked Dee on his team for his 1st pick! Also he’s talking to him with no hesitation. In the book it states, “Stokes picked Andy,. I picked Dee. All Kenny had to do was snap the ball and try to get in the way of whoever was rushing long enough for Dee to throw it to me. Also the text states, I’m saying wait till you see him throw a pass. Dee can play some football, can’t he, Stokes”. So in those lines it tells about how Trip is trusting Dee because he picked him on his team. Also Trip believes in him because he believes that he would throw the ball to Trip. I believe that Trip and Dee will have a great friendship at the end of the book. But I kind of wonder what will happen to Stokes, Andy, and Calvin. Because they were being mean to Dee.

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Vocabulary and figurative language

My vocabulary I found is wesson I found it on page 120 in the text it says,”He would be glad to see a colored boy eating in the golliwog for a change”.golliwog means a soft doll with bright clothes or a black face, and fuzzy hair.

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Describe how the character changes from the beginning of the story to the end of the story. Use two specific details from the story to support your answer. Well how the characters change in this book is that Trip was getting board then willie jane said “you gonna ask him?” Which was Dee. Trip was thinking I have never played with a black what could be so bad. So then Trip went out to ask Dee he said “ your mom said you can take a break ball with me?” And then the relationship started when Dee and Trip started to throw the ball around Trip Said “so you play a lot of ball Trip said. Dee said I Throw a whiffle ball at school” I think that Dee and Trip will become friends. Here is some Details of how Dee and Trip have changed.

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Why is chapter 1 important? How does this chapter contribute to the story?

I think chapter 1 is important because It sparked a relationship between Trip and Dee and it  effects the WHOLE book so that mean they have changed it all if they NEVER became friends there be a different story then Trip and Dee Would be enemies also if Trip did not ask Dee play football they would not be able to play the football season.

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What word best describes the main character? Why?

Many words can describe Trip. The reason is because he is a very thoughtful character. First of all, the time period is when African Americans were still treated horribly after slavery. But Trip makes the right decision and decides that he will not treat anyone different. I would describe Trip as caring and brave. He is caring because he tries to get Dee to play football the the others and convince them Dee should play. But Trip is not agreed with by everyone. For instance,” We’ve gotten some phone calls,” Mama said. “About what?,” I asked. “There are concerns among the neighbors,” said Daddy. “They are concerned that—“ “Listen, honey, this is all my fault,” Mama said. “I told you it was okay for Dee to play with y’all, but... he really doesn’t need to be out there in the front yard like that. It upsets people.” “What? He was playing football! He wasn’t hurting anybody!” “We know pal,” Daddy said. “Well, what are people all concerned about? Who called anyway?” Trip is also Brave because he is taking the risk of having other people judging him because he is friends with Dee. What would you do if you were in Trips situation? Would you take the risk or stay neutral?

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Explain how the character’s thoughts  and actions help the reader understand him/her.

The characters thoughts and actions help the reader understand trip. trip is thinking why colored people are being treated poorly for example at the restaurant all the colored people were the people working and making food and trip asks his grandpa why are all the workers here colored? and he responds there getting paid they injoy it here. in the text it states “why are the workers colored and the customers white. they are getting paid they love it here.”

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How is the character feeling in this part of the story? Why?
Trip didn’t wanna talk to Dee because he was colored. Back then African Americans didn’t have the equal right’s as whites and usually didn’t work or play together. I know this because in the text it states, “ I started pull on the sliding glass doors, but something stop me. I took a second to think, I almost never talk to colored people.”

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Explain why the main character changes during the story
Well so for how Trip has changed is that at the start  he had no body to play with then Trip said. “Well garish is down by the Gibson’s and you’re ironing and Ginny Lynnis Four so who am I supposed to play with. You Would could ask Dee he’s been working all morning without taking break he could use on. I look in the backyard and there was Dee in an old red shirt stretching as far as he could with the rake”. Then how Trip changes half way through the book is that Trip gets mad at stokes because he does not want dee to play because he is colored.  the text said What are you doing he shook his head come on what your hang up? Stokes was acting like he was caught on something invisible and couldn’t get loose. What’s your hang up? He said. Don’t spaz out on me okay? You’re a spaz I threw the ball to him and he caught it and then he squinted at Dee at the other side of the yard and heaved it so hard Dee hat to backpedal and jump for it but he brought it down nice catch I yelled”. Then on pages like 40 to 56 Trip is getting to have a better understanding of Dee. Because when Trip ,Kenny ,Calvin Andy, and stokes wanted to play football Trip asked Dee to play football because they did not have enough players.

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The author Tyler Kitching uses the phrase at the end of the text, “The good guys won here today, they might just win tomorrow.” What does this phrase mean? The bad guys represent the people that are racist they don’t think African Americans should have equal rights. The good guys are the ones supporting Dee. Trip is one of the good guys, Trip is trying to get Dee on the football team and he stands up for him The even when Trip talks to his parents and grandparents about how African Americans are treated. He stands up for their rights. I know this because on pg. 26 it states, “ what if there was colored person who wasn’t for and wanted to join the country club? Would you let him? Well you know trip people tend to want to socialize with their own kind. They have their schools and churches and clubs and we have ours. It’s probably best to keep it all separate.”

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Why do you infer the character choose certain actions and/or thoughts?
I infer that Trip is a kind and thoughtful person because in the text it states,” Hey Dee, Hey Trip. You want to throw some ball”. Also the text states, “ why does Dee have to rake now, he just won the game for us.”

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Where does the story take place? Why is that important? Yard War is in the civil rights movement at this period in time black don’t have equal rights this is important to know this because this plays a big role in yard war. On pg 91it states. “Somebody was yelling behind us. “Hey, ni**er!” This shows that colored people are unliked at this time and people beat them up beacuse of their race with all this info I can see why the book is called yard war.

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Why did the author choose this word/phrase? What is meant by the phrase or word? The phrase on 187 “The good guys won here today.” It makes me think that Trip is configured a good guy because he did the right thing and got beat up as much as the bad guys they won because they did the right thing against humanity

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Who is telling the story (narrator)? How do you know? I know Trip is the narrator of the story because on pg 10 it states, “I hid underneath my bed where she couldn’t reach me.” I also knows he is the narrator of the story because he tells his perspective about Dee and how he sees him as a friend and sees how people treat him because of his color.

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How does Trip change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story. Trip has changed of the begging of the book to the end of the text. Because at the start Trip has never played with a colored kid According to the text on pages 1 through 4 it says, “something stopped me. It took me a second to know what it was I almost never talked to a colored people”. This is why Trip stopped because he has never meat a colored kid or play with one. Also how trip changes Is how his dad influence him because it says “what if there was a colored person who wasn’t poor and wanted to join the country club? Would y’all let him? Well you know Trip people tend to want socialize with their own kind they have their own schools and churches and clubs so on.”

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How do the character(s) change throughout the story? Why is the change important?

The characters can change throughout the story and these changes are very important. In the beginning, Trip changes. He started out like his grandparents, which did not treat African Americans the same. They owned a country club and made the African Americans do all the work. But Trip disagrees. For example,” What if there was a colored person who wasn’t poor and wanted to join the country club? Would y’all let him?” “Well, you know, Trip, people tend to want to socialize with their own kind. They have there schools and churches and clubs and we have ours, and it’s probably best to keep it all separate.” I believe Trip wanted to know why his grandparents treated African Americans different. Making them be maids is pretty much another version slavery. Trip went from not even talking to a African American to being a best friend with Dee. But it all started when Willie Jane told Trip to ask Dee to play. For instance, on page 3-4, it states,”You could ask Dee. He’s been workin’ all morning without taking a break. He could use one” I looked in the backyard, and there was Dee in an old red shirt, stretching as far as he could with the rake, pulling it in hard. He’s pretty skinny and short to be almost eleven, but I never saw anybody get a yard so clean. I’m almost twelve and a half, and I could handle the mowing and raking myself, but mama said she wanted Dee to do it because he and Willie Jane need the money. Okay, I thought, why not? I’ll ask Dee if he wants to pass it around a little. I stuffed the torn jeans in the closet and changed into old ones. It should have been simple thing to go out there and ask him. But when I started to pull on the sliding glass door, something stopped me. It took a second to know  what it was: I almost ever talked to colored people.” These changes are important because if you don’t pay attention to them you won’t fully understand the book. What would you do during the civil rights movement? Would you stand up for what is right?

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WouldWhat is the meaning of “Dee took it from her and drank the whole thing
quick like a solder, handed her the empty bottle, and snapped his hand back on the rake”? What clues in the text helped you determine the meaning?

There is a meaning to,” Dee took it from her and drank the whole thing quick like a solder, handed her the empty bottle, and snapped his hand back on the rake.” This is simile. This simile means Dee was so tired out from working he downed the whole coke very fast. I know this because in the text it states,” Well, okay . . .but he’s looking  aufully tired out there today. Have you seen him? I bet he could use a break. A long break.” “What? Dee’s okay, isn’t he?” She looked out the window and brought her hand to her throat. She ran to the kitchen and got a Coca Cola.” This is proof that when Willie Jane saw Dee she realized how tired and weak Dee was. When Willie Jane “brought her hand to her throat,” it means she had to cover her mouth she was so surprised to see how Dee looked. Now I wonder what the paragraph would sound like without figurative language. Just imagine what books would be like without figurative language? The book wouldn’t be as interesting.

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Why do you infere characters choose certain actions and/or thoughts?

I believe characters their actions and thoughts for a reason. But, characters also get pressured in situations. This pressure makes them make do things that they might not usually do. It gives the less time to think about what they are going to do. For instance, on page 6, it states,” Well, you oughta go out for quarterback. I didn’t know a colored kid could—“ Whoops. I didn’t mean to say that.” Also the text states,” I mean, I never heard of a colored quarterback in the pros, but that doesn’t mean—“ Dumb again. Double dumb.” Trip did not mean any harm in that situation. I believe he said that because that is what he lives around in his life. He really  didn’t mean to say any of those things. For example,” What you gon’ do about anything, dipwad Westbrook?” said Tom, and he shoved me so hard I almost fell backward. Daddy always said never be the one to start a fight, but always be the one yo finish it, for that, he recommended a hard sock in the nose. Well, they had started this fight. I looked back at Dee and yelled,” Dee! Run!” Then I turned around and landed my fist on Tom Bethune’s nose and knocked him howling to the curb.” Trip made this decision to help protect his friend. Trip was not going to let his friend down again. What would you do in a situation like that? Would you do what Trip did? Or would you stay out of it.

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What is the theme of the story? What details help you determine the theme?

I believe the theme of this book  is diversity. It is diversity because everyone is different, but some characters learn that it doesn’t matter if others are different. By the end of the book, Trip starts a huge fight just to stand up for Dee. For example,” Daddy always said never be the one to start a fight, but always be the one to finish it, and for that he recommended a hard sock in the nose. Well they had started this fight. I looked back at Dee and yelled,”Dee! Run!” Then I turned around and landed my fist on Tom Bethune’s nose and knocked him howling to the curb.” A detail that helped me determine the theme is when Trip was trying to convince his friends to let Dee play football with them. For instance,” Hey, Dee, you wanna play in our game when the rest of the guys get here?” He looked confused. “See ya,” Stokes said. “Wait, wait, Stokes, wait, just listen. . . .” “He can’t play a game with us, Trip! For crying out loud!” He was yell-whispering again and looking at me like I was crazy.” This shows that Trip doesn’t care that Dee is different. Also a message or lesson in this book is that everyone is diferent. What would you do in Trips situation? Would you do what Trip did and protect your friend? Or would you run away from the fight.

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Where does the story take place? Why is that important?

The story takes place in the civil rights movement trip and his friend dee but dee is colored so colored people don’t have as many rights as white people and the football team does not want him to play because he’s colored so they try to let him join but he can’t. in the text it states “they won’t let you join. why cause of your skin color.

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Explain why the main character changes during the story.

Trip changes during the story. trip changes because he sees that colored people are being treated differently then white people also he tries to stand up for colored people. in the text it states“why are all the workers here colored? there getting paid they love it here.

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What do you learn about the characters from their interactions?

I learn from trips interactions? that he is new to colored people and he is getting use to having dees interactions with trip and trips friends dee is becoming friends with trip but trips friends spray painted on dees garage door “Go Back To Africa!” in the text it states “why did they write Go Back To Africa! on our garage door”

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What word best describes the main character? Why?

the word that best describes the character is bravery trip shows bravery when he got in fight and that he is recognizing that colored people are being treated not fairly so he stands up for colored  in the text it states. “the good guys won here maybe they might just win tomorrow”.

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What are the most important events in the story? Why?

the most important events in the story were when they painted dees garage door go back to Africa on it also when dee got into a fight and dee got sent to jail. in the text it states, “they wrote Go Back To Africa!”

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Where does the story take place? Why is that important?

The story mostly takes place in Trip’s backyard for the football game. On page 44 and 45 the text states, “play in Calvin’s yard if you want to, I told them. You comin’ with us? Calvin asked me. I’m staying right here. Can we use your ball? Asked Kenny. I’m stayin’ right here, and my ball is stayin’ with me”. So that means that they are going to play football in Trip’s yard. And That is very very very important because Dee is standing in Trip’s yard, and Dee is a colored person so they want to play in Calvin’s yard. Because they don’t want to play with Dee mostly cause he is colored. Then on page 45 or chapter 2 it says, “Everbody just stood there awhile with there faces scrunched. Then Stokes said, Okay my team is the nighthawks. We’re the Rebels, I said”. I bet you Calvin, Kenny, Stokes, and Andy were so mad at Trip because he let Dee play with them. They didn’t say that out loud because Dee was standing there. But I bet you they were thinking that in there head. The story takes place during the civil rights movement. That is very important to the story because like Carter White said Trip can’t really be friends with Dee. Because their parents won’t want them to be friends. Also it impacts mostly Trip and Dee in the story because Dee is Colored, he’s black, so he doesn’t have much friends or rights as non colored, white people. Imagine if you were a colored person in the civil rights movement. Would you be like Martin Luther king jr. and stand up for Black people, or would you be normal?        If I was Dee in Yard War I would talk to Stokes, Calvin, Kenny, Andy, and mostly Trip to talk me into playing on the football team. But that would be pretty hard for Dee. Because since your black nobody wants to talk and play with you. So this is going to be very hard for Dee. To talk and play with anybody. Not just Trip’s friends, everybody like if Dee gets on the football team, I bet you nobody will want to keep him on the team. Therefore, Dee will have to face his struggles, get over them and move on.

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Why do you think the author choose the title Yard War?

I think the author choose the title Yard War because at the beginning of the book all of Trip’s friends played a football game in Trips yard and people sometimes call football games or any games a war. That is one of my ideas of why the author choose the title Yard War. Another reason of why I think the author choosed Yard War is because at the end of the book most of Trips friends and even dads are getting in a fight and a fight is known as a war and the fight is in Trips Yard. So if you put all of those together it is a Yard War. According to the text it says, “Dee can play! I said. He ain’t gonna play, Tom said. He can play better than you! I yelled. My hand curled up in a fist without me telling it to. I didn’t care if there was more of them than us or if they were bigger than us. I didn’t care if it was an all-out Yard War.” Then a little bit later most of the kids are fighting with eachother  and it ends up to be a really big brawl. Therefore those reasons are why I think the author Taylor Kitchings called the book Yard War and a picture of a football getting held by Trip and Dee’s arms.

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Figurative language and Vocabulary

Example 1: On page 29 the text states, “She ran to the kitchen and got a coca-cola. Dee took it from her and drank the whole thing quick like a soldier, handed her the empty bottle, and snapped his hand back on the rake.
That simile is comparing Dee too a soldier.
That simile means that Dee drank the Coca-cola really quick. Like soldiers do. Another meaning is Dee was so worn out and tired that he was so thirsty that he drank it really quick.
Example 2: On page 35 the text states, “My favorite team would have to be Stokes as quarterback, me going out for passes, and Calvin snapping the ball and blocking because even though he’s only eleven, he’s as wide as a table.
That simile is comparing Calvin and a table.
That simile means that Calvin is fat and he is pretty good at blocking if he is fat.
Example 3: On page 56 the text states, “She and Papaw are always smiling at everybody. It would give her a heart attack to see Dee playing with us?
That hyperbole means that Mama and Papaw would hate to see Dee a colored person playing with Trip who is non-colored.

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Are there any words or phrases that are confusing, interesting, or dynamic? What is the meaning?

There are many phrases in Yard War. But only some of them are confusing, interesting, and dynamic. Here are some of them.
Example 1: On one page it shows that there is white spray paint that says go back to Africa. Also somebody wrote Loser in Spray paint. According too the text on page 151 the text says, “They wrote Go back to Africa! In white spray paint on the garage. That one made me the angriest because it was about Dee, who was my friend whetherhe thought so or not”. That phrase is important because that means that a lot of people want Dee to go somewhere they won’t find him. Trip is really mad at the person that wrote that, I would be to, that person that wrote it should of got in so much trouble.
Example 2: The good guys won here today. They might just win here tomorrow. That is important because the author could of not wrote that but I think the author wrote that because I think that was a great way to end of the book Yard War.

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What is the structure of this story? How do you know? Well I think the structure is problem and solution, because the problem is that people didn’t accept colored people because on pages 26-27 it says, “what if there was a colored person who wasn’t poor and wanted to join the country club would y’all let him? Well you know Trip people tend to want to socialize with their own kind they have their school and churches and clubs and so on and we have ours, and it’s probably best to keep it all separate.” What I think is that people are crazy because his grandpa said it would best to be separate be separate of what Also another problem s that people won’t allow backs in places. Because it says on pages 128 “Black people don’t eat lunch or play golf or go swimming at the club because that’s the way it has been since before you or I were born”Now the solution I think it is that how Trip does not care what color Dee is he will stand up and say why do you care my friend is colored so what

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Is the story written in first person or third person? How do you know I think the story is written in first person because on page 2 it says”I get down at the edge of the rose bed and take off the other way even faster”  how I now it’s first person is because first person point of view use the words i, me she and so on Also here is evidence on page fifty seven of how it’s first person “I would have to fight for everything I got like every colored boy” I know that the book is not 2 account because 2 hand account words are you your yourself

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How does Trip change from the beginning of the text to the end of the text?

I think Trip has changed like on page 4,he was Nervous to talk to Dee because in the it says,”I almost never talk to colored people especially lately”.It also said ,”definitely never asked a colored kid to throw a football with me”.then Trip finally went to Dee and asked him if he could play so Trip has changed he was kinda so,so on the idea of asking Dee if he wants to play ball but then he changed to go asked Dee and also asked Dee to be a friend in the text it states  “Dee can play some football, can’t he, stokes,stokes finally looked up and nodded and said Dee can play”. Trip even wanted Dee to be on the team and convicted stokes to let Dee play.

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How does Trips change from the beginning of the book to the end of the text?
Trip changed from the beginning of the book to the end of the text. Because at the start of the book, it says that he has never played with a colored kid. On pages 1-4, it says,” Something stopped me. It took me a second to know what it was, I never talked to colored people”. This is why Trip stopped because he has never meet one or play with African American people/kids.

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Which visual elements contributed to the meaning/tone of the text?
Later on in the book, a family spray painted on the Westbrooks house. I know this because in the text it says,” past the porch was a giant LOSER in black spray paint” They wrote in in black because Dee is African American and are making fun of him and it also said in the text,” They wrote GO BACK TO AFRICA! In white spray paint”.

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Figrutive language and Vocabulary.
Personification: ,” The waters not dancing yet.”
Simile: ,” They were coming down the sidewalk, like a pack of wolves.”
Simile: ,” Still as a log.”
Vocabulary: Molassas- thick, dark brown syrup obtained with raw sugar.
Vocabulary: Prejudice- preconvinced opinoin that is not based on reason or actual experience.

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Fig.Lang
First Fig. Lang it says “ the water danced all over the skillet” I know that this personification definition is to describe non-human things using humans quality’s like the Leves danced in the wind.

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Is the story written in first person or third person? How do you know? The story is written in first person point of view because in the text it states on page 1,”I take off down the yard, running HARD, all the way to the rose bed, and when I look around, the ball is almost there.” The book has many more parts in the story when the word I, me and we come up including,” We had good field position after the kickoff and scored quick on a long bomb from Dee to me. If the point of view was second or third person point of view, it wold sound a lot different without the Me,I and we words.

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The author Taylor Kitchings uses the phrase at the end of the text, “The good guys won here today. They might just win tomorrow.” What does this phrase mean and why would the author end the book with those words?

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Why do you think the author choose the title Yard War?
The title of the book is named Yard War because the author said on the back off the book,” My hand curled up in a fist without me telling it to. I didn’t care if there were more of them than us or if they were bigger than us. I didn’t care if it was all-out yard war.” The “yard war” started when Tom pushed Trip because Tim and Tom were mad that there was an African American playing with a white kid, Stokes exploded there mailbox and threw a bomb in their yard for the same reason.

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Why is telling the story from Trip’s point of view effective?

Because he is a white kid that has a friend is colored and people were against black people because it was the civil rights and black weren’t able to Be able to

treated right just because of there skin then Trip stained up for Dee because it’s the right thing to do and he gets that Dee is haveing problem makeing friends.

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Page two is the “good guys I think he meant that the good guys won because we had fought at all. That winning was in trying no mater how many times you had to try.”

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The author Taylor Kitching uses this phrase at the end of the text,”the good guys won here today.and they might win tomorrow.”what does this phrase mean and why would the author end the text with those words?

I think the phrase ,”the good guys won here today”and they,”might win tomorrow”it means Trip is trying to make a difference and fighting for colored people because in the text it says “Dee! Run!” He did not want Dee to get hurt he also is charging Dee because Trip is showing Dee how it is to be a not a color kid