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	10	13	nw
BIAS	10	6	se
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	15	6	s
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	11	19	n
HUMOUR	12	12	s
PERSONALPRONOUNS	5	19	n
PERSUADE	10	3	w
PERSUASIVE	10	3	e
PURPOSE	12	1	s
RELATIVECLAUSES	18	5	s
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	10	11	s
RHETORICALQUESTION	2	2	s
SHORTSENTENCES	14	6	s
SLOGANS	13	3	s
TRIPLETS	1	15	n