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
"You mustn't give way so," she said, inspired for once almost to direct discourse.
From The Turmoil, a novel by Tarkington, Booth
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
A later reading, now generally accepted, avoids the bad grammar by changing to direct discourse.
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
