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	3	4	e
ANALOGY	4	18	n
ANECDOTES	4	18	e
COLLOQUIALLANGUAGE	19	3	s
EMOTIVELANGUAGE	20	2	s
EXAGGERATION	20	2	w
EXPERTOPINION	17	5	w
FACTS	4	18	nw
GENERALISATION	2	3	e
INCLUSIVELANGUAGE	17	18	nw
PUN	15	5	n
REPETITION	17	3	sw
RHETORICALQUESTION	17	5	s
STATISTICALEVIDENCE	11	11	ne
TONE	5	17	n
UNDERSTATEMENT	14	19	nw