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	11	10	ne
BIAS	8	17	n
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	17	1	w
EXCLAMATIONMARKS	4	16	e
HUMOUR	18	10	n
PERSONALPRONOUNS	3	17	ne
PERSUADE	11	9	nw
PERSUASIVE	11	9	w
PURPOSE	3	17	n
RELATIVECLAUSES	1	17	n
REPETITIONEXAGGERATI	11	17	e
RHETORICALQUESTION	19	10	w
SHORTSENTENCES	6	14	e
SLOGANS	11	14	se
TRIPLETS	14	1	sw