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

In preparing his direct discourse he did not stick a stake and cart material to it.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon

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)

How are the transitions to direct discourse indicated?

From The Ontario High School Reader by Marty, A.E.