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

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

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)

The writer has changed it all to the direct discourse.

From Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 by Hansen, Marcus L.