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	11	12	n
BIAS	17	15	e
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	17	19	nw
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	17	19	w
HUMOUR	6	11	w
PERSONALPRONOUNS	17	18	nw
PERSUADE	18	3	s
PERSUASIVE	9	10	n
PURPOSE	7	16	e
RELATIVECLAUSES	17	20	w
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	17	10	n
RHETORICALQUESTION	20	20	n
SHORTSENTENCES	14	15	n
SLOGANS	2	3	e
TRIPLETS	10	19	nw