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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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

Change the following from indirect to direct discourse and paragraph: When Whittier went on his first fishing trip, it was a day in early summer.

From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose

In preparing his direct discourse he did not stick a stake and cart material to it.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon

"You mustn't give way so," she said, inspired for once almost to direct discourse.

From The Turmoil, a novel by Tarkington, Booth