Directions: Read the following paragraph; identify its topic and main idea.
Topic: __________________________
Main idea: ___________________________________________
Some form of written communication has been used throughout the centuries. In the earliest times, people carved or painted messages
on rocks. Later on, people began to write on pieces of leather, which were rolled into scrolls. In the Middle Ages, heavy paper called
parchment was used for writing and books were laboriously copied by hand. With the invention of the printing press in the middle of the
fifteenth century, the modern printing industry was born.