During his speech, Tomas stuttered and frequently added er, um, and ah in the middle of his sentences. Tomas's use of these words that make a speaker sound unprepared and uncertain are known as _______

a. hesitations
b. slang
c. disqualifiers
d. intensifiers


a

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