Read the excerpt from The Diary of Anne Frank. Miep. But, Mr. Frank, there are letters, notes . . . Mr. Frank. Burn them. All of them. Miep. Burn this? (She hands him a paperbound notebook.) Which best describes the purpose of the stage direction in this excerpt?
to illustrate the moment at which Mr. Frank receives Anne’s diary
to illustrate that Miep already knows what is in the diary
to illustrate the reasons for which Anne kept a diary
to illustrate why Mr. Frank wants all the papers to be burned