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	19	18	w
BIAS	19	6	sw
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	19	4	sw
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	19	2	sw
HUMOUR	18	2	w
PERSONALPRONOUNS	19	3	sw
PERSUADE	8	20	e
PERSUASIVE	8	20	ne
PURPOSE	8	20	w
RELATIVECLAUSES	19	1	w
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	19	11	s
RHETORICALQUESTION	19	1	sw
SHORTSENTENCES	5	1	s
SLOGANS	6	14	n
TRIPLETS	19	5	sw