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	12	7	w
BIAS	1	1	s
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	19	1	sw
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	19	1	s
HUMOUR	13	18	n
PERSONALPRONOUNS	18	1	sw
PERSUADE	10	9	w
PERSUASIVE	10	9	se
PURPOSE	17	12	n
RELATIVECLAUSES	16	3	w
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	10	1	w
RHETORICALQUESTION	20	1	s
SHORTSENTENCES	15	4	w
SLOGANS	3	16	n
TRIPLETS	20	15	nw