A student is writing a research report about the printing press. He finds a source. Read Source 1 and the directions that follow.
Source 1:
Before the printing press was invented, it took a long time to make one copy of a book. This was because someone had to copy the whole book by hand. With the printing press, someone could arrange the needed letters to make up a page and then make several copies of that page. The process was slow by modern standards, but at the time, it was amazingly fast. Suddenly, people could make more books in a fraction of the time. This made books more affordable and easier to find.
The student wants to make the claim that the printing press made books more available to people. Should the student use this source? Why or why not?
Answer choices for the above question
A. Yes, because the author agrees with the claim.
B..No, because the author does not make the same claim.
C. Yes, because the author makes and supports the same claim.
D. No, because the author makes the same claim but does not support it.
C. Yes, because the author makes and supports the same claim.
The source clearly states that with the invention of the printing press, people were able to make more books in a fraction of the time, making books more affordable and easier to find. This supports the claim that the printing press made books more available to people.