Question 36 • 2025-2026 TPS IC Speech- Introduction to Communications and Speech B with Mrs. Roudybush
Filled pauses such as “umm,” “ahh,” and “like” can make a speaker seem uncertain, unprepared, or nervous. They do not normally communicate that the speaker is deliberately slowing down so the audience can follow. Therefore, the choice that is not a message conveyed by filled pauses is “you don’t want to go too fast for your audience.”
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