Conversation Analysis Worksheet

Conversation Analysis Worksheet

For each of the following interactions,

• Write how you would respond. If you think there will be some type of emotion or tone in your voice, include that (excited, sad, quiet, softly, etc.), if there’s a pause indicate that with […], and insert any uhm, er, eh, etc. that you think you might include in your response.
• Identify:

• Type of adjacency pair?

• Common or Uncommon?

• Preferred or Dispreferred?

1. You’re walking across campus and you make eye contact with one of your professors:

   YOUR PROFESSOR: “Hello scholar.”
   YOU:

    

2. Your friend is supposed to pick you up to go out to a movie at 6:30pm and arrives a few minutes late.

   YOUR FRIEND: “I am so sorry that I’m late. My roommate stopped me as I was walking out the door.”
   YOU:

    

3. You’re watching the news with a friend.

   YOUR FRIEND: “I don’t know about you, but I think these polls are biased. I think President Bush is doing a GREAT job.”
   YOU:

    

4. It’s the end of your shift at work. A co-worker is getting off too.

   YOUR CO-WORKER: “Hey, would you like to stop by this party I heard about before you go home?”
   YOU:

    

5. Your sister calls you:

   YOUR SISTER: “Can I borrow your car this weekend? I have a lot of errands to run.”
   YOU:

    

6. A stranger stops you while you are walking through the quad.

   STRANGER: “Excuse me. Do you know what time it is?”
   YOU:

    

7. You’re doing your homework and you hear your roommate from the kitchen:

   ROOMMATE: “Come in here. I want to show you something!”
   YOU:

    

8. In the kitchen, your roommate points to the sink and says:

   ROOMMATE: “You are always leaving dirty dishes in the sink.”
   YOU: