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	16	10	n
BIAS	5	20	w
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	4	5	s
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	19	16	n
HUMOUR	18	7	s
PERSONALPRONOUNS	14	5	s
PERSUADE	8	19	n
PERSUASIVE	15	2	s
PURPOSE	14	13	se
RELATIVECLAUSES	9	3	s
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	5	11	s
RHETORICALQUESTION	10	18	n
SHORTSENTENCES	2	7	s
SLOGANS	14	20	w
TRIPLETS	5	19	e