Vocabulary
To leave slightly open (for example, a door)
Ajar
His father's words were like the distant thunder
Simile
There was a banging downstairs and a light as the men entered.
imagery
To describe something that was done without being planned
impromptu
"You don't give up the blues; they give you up."
personification
Lemon Brown used to play this?
A harmonica
"It broke my heart."
hyperbole
hesitantly; with uncertainty
What is tentatively?
The razor was sharp enough to cut a week into nine days
The conflict that Greg and Lemon Brown share
What is facing a group of scalawags?
The harmonica = Lemon Brown
A symbol
a building where multiple people live
tenement
A car passed, its tires hissing over the wet streets
Onomatopoeia and metaphor
I used to call them moon eyes.
Metaphor
The author of "The Treasure of Lemon Brown".
Walter Dean Myers
What part of speech is tentatively?
Adverb
Greg, except for an involuntary tremor in his knees, stood stock still.
Alliteration
Where Lemon Brown's son went to live when his mother died
With his aunt
One of the themes of the story.
You should never judge a book by its cover.
You should value your family.
Treasures are not always monetary (or money)
Name a conflict in the story
Man vs Man
-Greg vs. his father
-The young men or "scalawags" vs. Lemon Brown and Greg
Man vs. Himself
Greg vs. his fears (when he hears the young men in the abandoned building)
Greg vs. his failures in school