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This is what happened when the author tried to take part in Japanese conversations.
What is the conversation would stop?
100
This is the text structure for "Conversational Ballgames."
What is compare and contrast?
100
These are some ways in which western-style conversations are similar to tennis.
What are the back and forth nature and the way participants try to "slam" the ball/conversation?
100
This is one possible disadvantage of western-style conversation.
What is some people can dominate the conversation?
100
Throughout the essay, this is what the author means by "ball."
What is the conversation or the topic?
200
This detail from the essay supports the maid idea that Japanese-style conversations are "not at all like tennis or volleyball?"
What is you must wait your turn in Japanese-style conversations?
200
Of expository, reflective, and persuasive, "Conversational Ballgames" is MOSTLY this type of essay.
What is expository?
200
These are two ways in which Japanese-style conversations are similar to bowling.
What are one person speaks for a long time, and everyone takes turns?
200
This is one possible disadvantage to Japanese-style conversation.
What is it is more difficult to try to change someone's mind?
200
This is what the author means when she says that her Japanese students find it hard to "just relax" during conversations with westerners.
What is they can't allow themselves to jump and respond to what the other person has said?
300
According to the essay, why do Japanese students have trouble speaking English?
What is they use the Japanese style of conversation?
300
This is the main topic of the essay.
What is Japanese and American speakers have different conversational styles?
300
This is one custom mentioned near the end of the essay that Japanese people and westerners agree about.
What is people shouldn't talk with their mouths full?
300
This is one reason that being aware of other cultures' customs can be important.
What is so that you don't appear rude or offensive?
300
This is what the author means when she says that she was "playing the wrong game" when she took part in Japanese-style conversations.
What is she was following the wrong speaking custom for the culture that she was in?
400
According to the essay, how do westerners carry on a conversation at a meal?
What is they eat while others talk?
400
Based on the main idea of the essay, this could be another possible title.
What is "Styles of Conversation" or something similar?
400
This is one way in which Japanese-style dinner conversation is different from western-style dinner conversation.
What is Japanese people do not engage in long conversations while they are eating?
400
This is one advantage to western-style conversation.
What is it is more lively, fun, and engaging?
400
This is why the author's husband said that he never got a chance to eat while dining with Americans.
What is they kept asking him questions, which he attempted to answer in the Japanese style, and he couldn't respond with food in his mouth?
500
The author compares Japanese-style conversation to this sport.
What is bowling?
500
This part of the essay might be considered to use the problem and solution text structure.
What is the part about conversations at meals?
500
The author says she still has trouble just doing this when speaking with her Japanese friends.
What is just listening?
500
This is one possible advantage to Japanese-style conversation.
What is everyone has a chance to be heard?
500
This is what the author means when she says that, in Japanese-style conversation, all the balls "run parallel."
What is all the topics or conversations are running alongside each other, but they never meet or go to another person?
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