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	12	se
BIAS	1	16	s
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	20	7	w
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	5	2	e
HUMOUR	17	17	w
PERSONALPRONOUNS	19	12	w
PERSUADE	15	3	w
PERSUASIVE	15	6	w
PURPOSE	14	14	w
RELATIVECLAUSES	1	11	e
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	10	16	w
RHETORICALQUESTION	18	10	w
SHORTSENTENCES	15	15	w
SLOGANS	5	10	n
TRIPLETS	4	10	n