Writing to persuade

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

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Word	X	Y	Direction
AUDIENCE	20	4	w
BIAS	15	14	ne
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	19	1	w
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	19	8	w
HUMOUR	3	6	n
PERSONALPRONOUNS	20	9	w
PERSUADE	20	9	n
PERSUASIVE	3	11	e
PURPOSE	12	13	w
RELATIVECLAUSES	3	7	e
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	10	14	w
RHETORICALQUESTION	2	6	e
SHORTSENTENCES	6	19	e
SLOGANS	4	8	ne
TRIPLETS	2	14	n