Malcolm said "um" or "uh" every time he got to a new PowerPoint slide in his informative speech. His instructor told Malcolm to reduce the number of ________ in his next speech.

A. inflections
B. vocalized pauses
C. vocal inflections
D. fillers
E. intonations


Answer: B

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