direct discourse

[dih-rekt dis-kawrs, dahy-] / dɪˈrɛkt ˈdɪs kɔrs, daɪ- /

NOUN

report in which a speakers' exact words are quoted

Synonyms

WEAK

direct quotation direct speech oratio directa

Example Sentences

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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

Note the characteristic change of person, the transition from indirect to direct discourse.

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)

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

Give other examples of direct discourse broken by narration.

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