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
The most difficult part of dramatization may be the plan for conversation, especially if the text version of the story contains little or no direct discourse.
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth
Give other examples of direct discourse broken by narration.
From The Ontario High School Reader by Marty, A.E.
This artistic suspense is attained partly by the method of direct discourse; which, at the same time, develops the character of the hero.
From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon
