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.

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Japanese communication often relies on implication and indirectness, making it akin to a series of stepping stones where the connections between ideas are not always explicitly stated but are implied, requiring listeners or readers to infer the links.

Unlike US English, Which Has an Organizational Pattern That Links Ideas