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.

28. the new systematic nomenclature was so ( that many chemists preferred to ( the older trivial names that were at least shorter. at least, that is the ostensible reason. actually, tradition seems to carry more weight than ( with some scientists.