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direct discourse

[dih-rekt dis-kawrs, dahy-] / dɪˈrɛkt ˈdɪs kɔrs, daɪ- /
NOUN
report in which a speakers' exact words are quoted
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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

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

How are the transitions to direct discourse indicated?

From The Ontario High School Reader by Marty, A.E.

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 Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf

This artistic suspense is attained partly by the method of direct discourse; which, at the same time, develops the character of the hero.

From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon



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