Read the passage from "Girl." ... this is how you smile to someone you don’t like too much; this is how you smile to someone you don’t like at all; this is how you smile to someone you like completely.... Read the passage from an adaptation of "Girl." ...when I see her smile on Tuesday, I think she doesn’t really like me; when I see her smile on Wednesday, I know I am right; when I see her smile on Thursday, I start to wonder again.... What element does the adaptation most imitate?
The adaptation most imitates the original’s syntax, or sentence structure. Both passages use repeated phrases and link a series of clauses with semicolons: the original repeats “this is how you smile,” while the adaptation repeats “when I see her smile.” The wording and situation change, but the pattern of the sentences stays similar.
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