Writing to persuade

AUDIENCE
BIAS
EMOTIVELANGUAGE
EXCLAMATIONMARKS
HUMOUR
PERSONALPRONOUNS
PERSUADE
PERSUASIVE
PURPOSE
RELATIVECLAUSES
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI
RHETORICALQUESTION
SHORTSENTENCES
SLOGANS
TRIPLETS

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Word	X	Y	Direction
AUDIENCE	13	5	se
BIAS	6	5	nw
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	4	5	se
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	2	5	s
HUMOUR	19	13	nw
PERSONALPRONOUNS	3	20	e
PERSUADE	3	5	se
PERSUASIVE	3	17	e
PURPOSE	3	5	s
RELATIVECLAUSES	1	5	s
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	11	5	e
RHETORICALQUESTION	20	13	w
SHORTSENTENCES	6	4	e
SLOGANS	18	20	nw
TRIPLETS	5	5	se