Persuasive techniques

EMOTIVELANGUAGE
FLATTERY
HUMOUR
HYPERBOLE
IRONY
LISTSOFTHREE
METAPHORS
OPINIONASFACT
PARALLELSTRUCTURES
PRONOUNS
REPETITION
RHETORICALQUESTIONS
SIMILES
SUPERLATIVES

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Word	X	Y	Direction
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	3	2	s
FLATTERY	4	9	se
HUMOUR	11	13	se
HYPERBOLE	19	3	w
IRONY	14	8	s
LISTSOFTHREE	19	5	sw
METAPHORS	12	1	e
OPINIONASFACT	4	18	n
PARALLELSTRUCTURES	18	17	nw
PRONOUNS	19	18	n
REPETITION	20	2	s
RHETORICALQUESTIONS	11	11	sw
SIMILES	2	20	e
SUPERLATIVES	2	20	n