Read this conclusion from an informative essay.

the secret service provides an important service in protecting the nation’s money as well as the nation’s leading government officials. the agency was created so that valuable human and financial resources are safe.

this excerpt is an example of a strong conclusion because it

a. sets up the topic and prepares readers for the main ideas.
b. states a counterclaim and demonstrates why it is incorrect.
c. includes a clear topic sentence and evidence for a subtopic.
(d. sums up the key points in the essay and presents a final opinion.)

sums up key points in the essay and presents a final opinion

Explanation:

edge

bildungsroman is a german word for novel covering youth to adulthood which describes a coming-of-age story

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.