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?

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