Every sentence that follows the topic sentence will in some way support or prove the controlling idea. If it doesn't support the idea then it shouldn't be in the paragraph!
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The audience that the passage most likely addresses is:" people of North Carolina" (Option A)
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Who is an Audience?</h3>
An audience is the target set of persons who the author of a text specifically had in mind when writing an article.
Notice that the first paragraph reads: "As a concerned citizen of Triston and member of the North Carolina Conservation of Nature Council, I am asking for the community's help with a serious issue."
Hence the correct option is option A.
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