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	13	n
BIAS	6	6	e
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	2	2	e
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	2	2	s
HUMOUR	7	12	se
PERSONALPRONOUNS	3	3	s
PERSUADE	3	11	se
PERSUASIVE	3	3	e
PURPOSE	3	11	e
RELATIVECLAUSES	1	1	e
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	11	11	se
RHETORICALQUESTION	1	1	s
SHORTSENTENCES	3	6	se
SLOGANS	3	18	e
TRIPLETS	5	5	e