7.

Consolidate your understanding

The man who smiled inspired Alagiah to write about the village of Gufgaduud.
References to his face help to structure the extract. Complete the flow chart
with quotations about the man’s face to see how references to the face run
through and shape the extract.

lines 1-2:
The extract opens with a reference to the thousand hungry lean, scared
and betrayed faces which Alagiah saw but there is one I will never forget.

line 32:
the use of a one sentence paragraph emphasizes the importance of that
face the reporter saw

line 46-51:
the use of disjointed sentence structure shows an altered mindset; the
author repeats the word ‘smile’

line 52-56:
use of a simple sentence, clarity

line 57-68:
Seeing the man’s smile causes Alagiah to think about…

line 69-74:
use of a declarative sentence