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Peter and Eve

Author’s Purpose • An author’s purpose is the reason an author writes something. Some purposes an author may have are to persuade, to inform, to entertain, and to express a mood or feeling. • An author may have more than one purpose in writing a particular selection.

Directions Refer to A Day in the Life of Peter and Eve and answer the questions below. Use complete sentences. 1. What is the author’s purpose in describing what it was like for Peter, Eve, and their mother to sleep in the basement?

2. What are some of the ways the author lets the reader know that Fräulein Mann does not agree with Hitler and the Nazis?

4. Why does the author have their mother wait until they are in the cellar before she tells Peter and Eve her feelings about the Nazis?

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3. What images of the war does the author demonstrate through Carl’s letter?

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Vocabulary Directions Draw a line from the vocabulary word to its correct definition.

Check the Words You Know agreement refugees

cable representative

diplomat superiors

issue visa

1. agreement

a. a message sent through wires by electric current or electronic signals

2. cable

b. an official signature or endorsement upon a passport that gives someone permission to enter a foreign country

3. issue

c. an understanding reached by two or more persons or groups

4. superiors

d. people of higher position, rank, or ability

5. visa

e. to send out; put forth

Directions For each of the following characters from the story, write the vocabulary word from the box that best describes him or her. 6. Herr Karp 7. Herr Meitzel 8. Fräulein Mann’s cousin Thomas 9. Peter’s friend Hans Karp 10. Herr Lutz

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Directions Choose three of the vocabulary words and write a sentence for each word. 11.

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