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
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
Give other examples of direct discourse broken by narration.
From The Ontario High School Reader by Marty, A.E.
We thus have all the advantages of direct discourse, all the gain in reality—without a hint as to what will be the fate of the leading actors.
From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon
