direct discourse
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The story proper is written entirely in direct discourse which is really soliloquy, shading sometimes into a kind of ghostly dialog.
From Time Magazine Archive
Material is generally considered to be later, for instance, as it increases in length, detail, and direct discourse, and decreases in Jewish influence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Give other examples of direct discourse broken by narration.
From The Ontario High School Reader by A.E. Marty
The great difficulty of getting uneducated people to give their testimony in direct discourse is remarkable.
From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Hans Gustav Adolf Gross
The writer has changed it all to the direct discourse.
From Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 by Marcus L. Hansen
