Writing to persuade

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

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Word	X	Y	Direction
AUDIENCE	8	20	nw
BIAS	5	17	n
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	17	20	nw
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	19	20	n
HUMOUR	10	11	se
PERSONALPRONOUNS	18	20	n
PERSUADE	18	12	nw
PERSUASIVE	18	20	nw
PURPOSE	13	17	w
RELATIVECLAUSES	18	18	nw
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	10	20	w
RHETORICALQUESTION	20	20	n
SHORTSENTENCES	18	17	nw
SLOGANS	18	5	w
TRIPLETS	16	20	nw