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	3	18	e
BIAS	6	13	s
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	17	4	w
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	5	9	e
HUMOUR	2	8	n
PERSONALPRONOUNS	5	17	e
PERSUADE	3	13	s
PERSUASIVE	19	12	w
PURPOSE	17	18	w
RELATIVECLAUSES	18	5	w
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	11	13	e
RHETORICALQUESTION	20	11	w
SHORTSENTENCES	1	8	e
SLOGANS	20	9	n
TRIPLETS	14	15	w