Which excerpt from “the treasure of lemon brown” reveals a change in the relationship between lemon brown and the neighborhood thugs? “they’s bad men,” lemon brown whispered. his breath was warm against greg’s skin. “we don’t want to have to come in and hurt you, old man, but we don’t mind if we have to. ” [t]he light moved away from lemon brown, but not before greg saw him hurl his body down the stairs at the men who had come to take his treasure. greg felt lemon brown’s hand first lying on his shoulder, then probing down his arm until he finally took greg’s hand into his own as they crouched in the darkness.

When lawrence saw the posters for the circus hanging on the bulletin board, as he swept up the trimmings at slim's barbershop, he knew he would be taking his little cousins. they loved animals, and he was looking forward to seeing the smiles on their faces as the circus performers amazed them with their stunts. but sweeping up hair clippings didn't pay a whole lot. lawrence spent 45 dollars just getting tickets. but it was worth it to see his cousins' faces. the day finally came and everyone was excited as they walked into that big circus tent. but lawrence soon realized that he and his cousins would be thirsty and hungry. as they sat in their seats, the drink vendor walked by selling beverages. desperately thirsty, lawrence asked him how much a lemonade would cost, and the drink vendor said, "eleven dollars each." lawrence replied, "oh, that's it? just eleven dollars? what a great deal for one cup of lemonade. that's totally worth it." the drink vendor walked away. which type of irony is used?

Before ending this lesson, take a moment to review an informative research essay you have written. you’ve probably already written a conclusion to the essay. but is it the best conclusion it can be? does it properly summarize the main subtopics of your essay? does it state in one or two sentences the “so what” of your topic. if your topic was abraham lincoln, your essay shouldn’t be just about abraham lincoln. it should answer, “so what about abraham lincoln? ” take five or ten minutes, and looking only at that single paragraph, revise your conclusion

Write a sentence using a gerund phrase with a pronoun subject.