What are the benefits of giving a persuasive speech rather than publishing an article? Check all that apply.
The speaker can make eye contact with the audience.
The speaker can use hand gestures to connect with the audience.
The speaker can rely on humor to convince the audience to take action.
The speaker can inform the audience about the importance of the issue.
The speaker can use specific words to engage the audience's emotions
The speaker can create intentional pauses to draw a reaction from the audience.

The benefits are:

The speaker can make eye contact with the audience.

The speaker can use hand gestures to connect with the audience.

The speaker can create intentional pauses to draw a reaction from the audience

Explanation:

The options that are given here are the benefits of a speech over an articles s the person is in direct contact with the audience in a speech and can rile up their emotions or manipulate his rhetoric accordingly.

The options that are not selected can be done with a speech but also with an article.

This would include that:

The speaker can rely on humor to convince the audience to take action.

The speaker can inform the audience about the importance of the issue.

The speaker can use specific words to engage the audience's emotions

These are all facts that he can use in the article too and not just in speech.