Select the correct answer. I offer Mrs. Patel, my friend's mom, some hot chai. I am proud to have mastered the South Asian art of making tea with milk, sugar, and spice. Today, I am excited to have a native of India try my tea. I even pull out a tray and my nicest mug to treat my guest with the utmost respect.
Her eyes become wide as she takes the mug from the tray. "Wow! Even the mugs are twice the size we have back home," she utters, gasping. "Do you mind serving me only half a cup?"
I give in to her request and offer her half a mug of tea. That is when I realize that everything around me is bigger and more than it should be. I think about my walk-in closet overstocked with clothes I hardly wear. This is just the beginning of my realization. Like many of my peers, I have become wasteful.

Which of these sentences would the author most likely agree with?

A. It is important to have different sizes of mugs.
B. We must visit other countries while we are young.
C. People should only have what they really need.
D. People should try drinking more flavors of hot tea.

C. People should only have what they really need.

This is the central idea of the passage. So the author would most like agree with this sentence.

Starting a paragraph with tea is just a way to introduce to audience with author's opinion and to make the passage story like and engaging. With this start author's opinion becomes more relevant. The guest's expression "Wow! Even the mugs are twice the size we have back home," triggers author's realization that he has many extra things in his life. At first it starts with overstocked clothes in his walk-in closet. Then he also realizes that he like many of his peers has become wasteful. So a realization of being wasteful and its regret are the main ideas with which author would most likely agree.

Explanation:

specific audience will understand the main ideas. for example, if you were writing an instruction manual for rocket scientists, it would likely look very different from one you would write for young children. your language, tone, and writing style would change significantly.

the author wants to draw the reader deeper into the experiences.