Writing to persuade

AUDIENCE
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HUMOUR
PERSONALPRONOUNS
PERSUADE
PERSUASIVE
PURPOSE
RELATIVECLAUSES
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI
RHETORICALQUESTION
SHORTSENTENCES
SLOGANS
TRIPLETS

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Word	X	Y	Direction
AUDIENCE	8	1	e
BIAS	20	12	s
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	4	8	e
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	16	2	w
HUMOUR	3	11	ne
PERSONALPRONOUNS	5	3	e
PERSUADE	19	15	w
PERSUASIVE	15	5	w
PURPOSE	5	17	e
RELATIVECLAUSES	15	16	w
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	11	12	e
RHETORICALQUESTION	2	11	e
SHORTSENTENCES	17	20	w
SLOGANS	20	3	s
TRIPLETS	19	12	s