direct discourse
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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
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
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)
If the teacher puts much direct discourse in a story of this kind when she tells it to the pupils, the task of dramatizing will naturally be made easier.
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth
"You mustn't give way so," she said, inspired for once almost to direct discourse.
From The Turmoil, a novel by Tarkington, Booth
