Direct speech

Direct or quoted speech is spoken or written text that reports speech or thought in its original form phrased by the original speaker; in narrative, it is usually enclosed in quotation marks.^[1] The cited speaker is either mentioned in the inquit (Latin "he/she says") or implied.

Comparison between direct, indirect and free indirect speech[edit]

Quoted or direct speech:^[a]

He laid down his bundle and thought of his misfortune. "And just what pleasure have I found, since I came into this world?" he asked.

Reported or normal indirect speech:^[a]

He laid down his bundle and thought of his misfortune. He asked himself what pleasure he had found since he came into the world.

Free indirect speech:^[a]

He laid down his bundle and thought of his misfortune. And just what pleasure had he found, since he came into this world?

A crucial semantic distinction between direct and indirect speech is that direct speech purports to report the exact words that were said or written, whereas indirect speech is a representation of speech in one's own words.^[1]

Indirect

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Indirect, the opposite of direct, may refer to:

Indirect approach, a battle strategy
Indirect DNA damage, caused by UV-photons
Indirect agonist or indirect-acting agonist, a substance that enhances the release or action of an endogenous neurotransmitter
Indirect speech, a form of speech
Indirect costs, costs that are not directly accountable to a particular function or product
Indirect self-reference, describes an object referring to itself indirectly
Indirect effect, a principle of European Community Law
Indirect finance, where borrowers borrow funds from the financial market through indirect means
Indirection, the ability to reference something in computer programming
Indirect transmission, infections passing from one host to another via a different species.