In response to a teacher's challenging question, a bored student replies, ""I don't know."" Which of the following components of his speech would not qualify as prosody?

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The word "don't" is a part of the content or semantics of the student's speech and not related to prosody, which involves the variations in tone, pitch, rhythm, and other non-verbal elements of speech. Thus, options B, C, and D are more closely related to prosody as they describe the pitch, tempo, and pause of the student's response, respectively.

In Response to a Teacher's Challenging Question, a Bored Student