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Direct discourse   /dərˈɛkt dˈɪskɔrs/   Listen
Direct discourse

noun
1.
A report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g.,.  Synonym: direct quotation.  Antonym: indirect discourse.





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"Direct discourse" Quotes from Famous Books



... Collections, Vol. II, p. 135. As here given the mother's speech is partly direct, and partly indirect discourse. The writer has changed it all to the direct discourse. ...
— Old Fort Snelling - 1819-1858 • Marcus L. Hansen


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