Which type of evidence is used in this excerpt?
read the excerpt from "politics and the english
language" by george orwell.
but if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt
thought. a bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation,
even among people who should and do know better. the
debased language that i have been discussing is in some
ways very convenient. phrases like a not unjustifiable
assumption, leaves much to be desired, would serve no
good purpose, a consideration which we should do well to
bear in mind, are a continuous temptation, a packet of
aspirins always at one's elbow.
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First when sexton says; "a thousand doors ago" in the poem "young" she uses a hyperbole, an extreme exaggeration, to explain what time in her life she is talking about. next sexton says; "the wise stars bedding over me" in the poem "young" she uses personification, gives human characteristics to  non-humans, to explain that she is outside at night, with the stars above her. third sexton says; "the boards on the house were smooth and white as wax"  in the poem "young" she uses  imagery, concrete or abstract images that  appeal  to the scenes, to show that the boards on the house were smooth. and she uses a simile when she says "white as wax" which means she used like or as to compare two subjects. in this line she compares the color white and wax to explain further what color the house was.