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lead the excerpt from Utopia. ut after the ambassadors had stayed a day among hem, and saw so vast a quantity of gold in their ouses (which was as much despised by them as it vas esteemed in other nations), and beheld more gold nd silver in the chains and fetters of one slave than all heir ornaments amounted to , their plumes fell, and hey were ashamed of all that glory for which they had ormed valued themselves, and accordingly laid it side __ This detail supports the central idea that riches are not important to Utopians, and uses an account of an event to make a larger point. It is best described as a(n) fact. analogy. anecdote. example.

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lead the excerpt from Utopia. ut after the ambassadors had stayed a day among hem, and saw so vast a quantity of gold in their ouses (which was as much despised by them as it vas esteemed in other nations), and beheld more gold nd silver in the chains and fetters of one slave than all heir ornaments amounted to , their plumes fell, and hey were ashamed of all that glory for which they had ormed valued themselves, and accordingly laid it side __ This detail supports the central idea that riches are not important to Utopians, and uses an account of an event to make a larger point. It is best described as a(n) fact. analogy. anecdote. example.

lead the excerpt from Utopia.
ut after the ambassadors had stayed a day among
hem, and saw so vast a quantity of gold in their
ouses (which was as much despised by them as it
vas esteemed in other nations), and beheld more gold
nd silver in the chains and fetters of one slave than all
heir ornaments amounted to , their plumes fell, and
hey were ashamed of all that glory for which they had
ormed valued themselves, and accordingly laid it
side __
This detail supports the central idea that riches are not
important to Utopians, and uses an account of an
event to make a larger point. It is best described as
a(n)
fact.
analogy.
anecdote.
example.

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This detail is best described as an **example**.

The passage provides a specific instance of how the Utopians' attitude towards gold and riches contrasts with that of other nations, illustrating the broader central idea that riches are not important to Utopians. By describing the ambassadors' reaction to seeing gold used in mundane ways, it exemplifies the Utopian values and their disdain for material wealth.
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