Question

Alec Blackmon stated that, "the use of the printing press during the fifteenth century enabled the emergence of newspapers, which helped convey news and information to a large number of people." Which is the BEST way to paraphrase the information in this sentence? A) Ever since the fifteenth century, newspapers have contained information, news, and advertisements. B) In the fifteenth century, many new inventions were discovered. C) The fifteenth century invention of the printing press enabled more people to read the news and other information. D) The use of the printing press during the fifteenth century enabled the emergence of newspapers, which helped convey news and information to a large number of people.

Answer 1

Answer: The right answer is the C) The fifteenth century invention of the printing press enabled more people to read the news and other information.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that the options are incorrect and should be discarded. Option D, for instance, is NOT paraphrasing (that is, rendering the same information with different words), but quoting the exact statement. Likewise, option B is also incorrect, since Blackmon's statement is not about the discovery of various inventions in the 15th century, but only of the use of the printing press and what it enabled. Option A is also false and inaccurate, since it's not conveying the same information - Blackmon is saying that the emergence of newspapers allowed a large number of people to access news and information, not that since the 15th century they have contained information, news, and advertisements. Option C is, therefore, the most accurate. More people were able to read the news and other information in newspapers due to the invention of the printing press in the 15th century.      

Answer 2

The answer is C) The fifteenth century invention of the printing press enabled more people to read the news and other information.