Evidence that is based on personal observation is considered inferential statistical anecdotal descriptive

anecdotal

Explanation:

Anecdotal evidence is informal evidence in the form of anecdote, or "I've heard about this one case which..."

When used in advertising or promotion of a product, service or idea, anecdotal evidence is called a testimony. It's considered a weak or invalid form of evidence.

the rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is parallelism. parallelism is a technique which author used in sentence as substitute of repeated synthetical similarities. it is the effect of rhetorical technique.

explanation:

d) she is both terrified and excited by the idea of returning to school.

a) she takes one day at a time.

d) she felt like she was an object of ridicule.

d) she tells her daughter not to worry about it because things will get better.\

b) elnora needs money for books and out-of-town tuition. she will raise the money herself.