“…Such difficulties compromise speech significantly, since linguistic shortcomings are expressed in various ways, from a limited vocabulary to the arduous comprehension and mastery of linguistic rules (13,16) . In a previous study conducted with the same population, it was verified that the SLI group made more mistakes to organize the pictures chronologically, but this difference occurred only for the mechanical and intentional narratives (27) . Considering that the longest pauses in this group occurred in behavioral narratives, it is not possible to establish direct causal relations, but it is necessary to carry out a more detailed investigation with the purpose of clarifying if the organization of the pictures can interfere with speech fluency in this group.…”