Alec Blackmon stated that, "the use of the printing press during the fifteenth century enabled the emergence of newspapers, whic
h 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.
C) The fifteenth century invention of the printing press enabled more people to read the news and other information.
A paraphrase can be defined as a restatement of a text, passage or spoken material, using different words. When paraphrasing, the meaning or main idea of the original source can't be changed, it has to be the same but stated differently. The option C is the correct answer because it achieves this, it conveys the idea of the original passage by using different words.
