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
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
In preparing his direct discourse he did not stick a stake and cart material to it.
From Revisiting the Earth by James Langdon Hill
The great difficulty of getting uneducated people to give their testimony in direct discourse is remarkable.
From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Hans Gustav Adolf Gross
