direct discourse
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
In preparing his direct discourse he did not stick a stake and cart material to it.
From Revisiting the Earth by James Langdon Hill
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 Erle Elsworth Clippinger
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 Rose Buhlig
