Persuasive Language Techniques

ALLITERATION
ANALOGY
ANECDOTES
COLLOQUIALLANGUAGE
EMOTIVELANGUAGE
EXAGGERATION
EXPERTOPINION
FACTS
GENERALISATION
INCLUSIVELANGUAGE
PUN
REPETITION
RHETORICALQUESTION
STATISTICALEVIDENCE
TONE
UNDERSTATEMENT

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Word	X	Y	Direction
ALLITERATION	18	4	s
ANALOGY	11	11	nw
ANECDOTES	18	4	w
COLLOQUIALLANGUAGE	3	19	e
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	2	20	e
EXAGGERATION	2	1	e
EXPERTOPINION	2	20	n
FACTS	11	17	ne
GENERALISATION	3	2	e
INCLUSIVELANGUAGE	18	17	nw
PUN	2	18	e
REPETITION	3	17	n
RHETORICALQUESTION	5	17	e
STATISTICALEVIDENCE	11	11	sw
TONE	19	3	w
UNDERSTATEMENT	14	17	nw