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	18	w
BIAS	13	20	e
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	15	19	n
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	4	1	s
HUMOUR	20	20	n
PERSONALPRONOUNS	18	4	s
PERSUADE	13	3	e
PERSUASIVE	3	2	s
PURPOSE	14	4	s
RELATIVECLAUSES	2	15	n
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	13	11	s
RHETORICALQUESTION	8	1	s
SHORTSENTENCES	11	15	n
SLOGANS	8	14	sw
TRIPLETS	13	19	w