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.
statistics
quotations
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hypotheticals

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile