The brass needed to make the plaques was usually transported in the form of large bracelets – called manillas – and the quantities involved are staggering. In 1548 just one German merchant house agreed to provide Portugal with 432 tons of brass manillas for the West African market. When we look again at the plaque, we can see that one of the Europeans is holding a manilla, and this is the key to the whole scene: the Oba is with his officials who manage and control the European trade. –A History of the World in 100 Objects,
Neil MacGregor

What central idea is best supported by details in the passage?

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.

i believe the answer is a.

explanation:

hope my answer has you!

i'm supposing that we would have to correct any words in there, i guess.

rephrase: "about an hour after dinner, i'd like to chat with my friend".

we made sure to put the future tense, and also making sure that we put commas and punctuation.