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	11	nw
BIAS	14	15	ne
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	3	18	n
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	2	2	s
HUMOUR	11	14	nw
PERSONALPRONOUNS	12	17	n
PERSUADE	12	17	w
PERSUASIVE	14	18	w
PURPOSE	12	17	nw
RELATIVECLAUSES	4	1	s
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	14	10	n
RHETORICALQUESTION	1	1	s
SHORTSENTENCES	19	20	n
SLOGANS	12	14	nw
TRIPLETS	4	5	se