Question

Is this an example of a direct quote or paraphrase?

As he explains the importance of choosing the best searchable keywords to allow others to find a website, Battelle presents a comparison to the Greek story of The Odyssey, “Is [being known to a wide audience] not what every person longs for—what Odysseus chose over Kalypso’s nameless immortality—to die, but to be known forever?” (284).

Question 6 options:

Direct Quote


Paraphrase


Neither

Answer 1

i think the answer would be paraphrased

Answer 2

direct quote because of the page number. if this is the whole excerpt then it is a direct quote. if you took only the key points then you paraphrased