Read the following sentences. "In 1940, at the beginning of the Wold War II, the armed forces of Nazi Germany conquered France...Benno Harte...and his family were Jewish and had to escape from their home in Paris and hide in a farm house."
How do these sentences help the reader understand the structure of the text?
The sentences make a comparison.
The sentences describe two steps in a process.
The first sentence explains the reason for the second.
The second sentence gives the effect of the first.