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
In preparing his direct discourse he did not stick a stake and cart material to it.
From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon
Often the Indirect Question represents a Deliberative Subjunctive of the direct discourse; as,— nesciō quid faciam, I do not know what to do.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
Show them that it is better to use direct discourse; that is, to make the characters seem alive.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
