indirect or reported speech
21indirect speech — noun reported speech …
22indirect speech — noun another term for reported speech …
23ˌindirect ˈspeech — noun [U] linguistics the words that you use for reporting what someone else has said, for example ‘She said that we must leave Syn: reported speech …
24indirect question — noun Grammar a question in reported speech (e.g. they asked who I was) …
25direct speech — or (US) direct discourse noun Speech reported as spoken, in the very words of the speaker (L ōrātiō rēcta) • • • Main Entry: ↑direct * * * diˌrect ˈspeech [direct speech] noun …
26direct speech — di.rect speech n [U] speech reported using the actual words spoken, as in I don t want to go, said Julie. →↑indirect speech, ↑reported speech …
27direct speech — noun (U) technical the style used to report what someone says by giving their actual words, for example I don t want to go, said Julie; direct discourse AmE compare indirect speech, reported speech …
28Free indirect speech — is a style of third person narration which uses some of the characteristics of third person along with the essence of first person direct speech. (It is also referred to as free indirect discourse, free indirect style, or discours indirect libre… …
29Direct speech — Direct or quoted speech is a sentence (or several sentences) that reports speech or thought in its original form, as phrased by the first speaker.[1] It is usually enclosed in quotation marks. The cited speaker is either mentioned in the inquit… …
30APA Task Force on Deceptive and Indirect Techniques of Persuasion and Control — The APA Task Force on Deceptive and Indirect Techniques of Persuasion and Control (DIMPAC[1]) formed at the request of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1983. The APA asked Margaret Singer, one of the leading proponents of theories… …
