Unlike U.S. English, which has an organizational pattern that links ideas using "bridges" between paragraphs or utterances, Japanese is more like a

A) series of stepping stones that link ideas through implication.
B) long, curved road that eventually leads to a speaker's main point.
C) tree that has one main point and several smaller "branches" that form sub-points.
D) steep mountain that takes a long time to get to the top but the journey is pleasant.


A

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