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Indirect Discourse
see synonyms of indirect discourseNoun
1. indirect discourse
a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g.,
Example Sentences:'he said I am a fool' would be modified to he said he is a fool''
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Indirect Discourse
see synonyms of indirect discourse statement of what a person said, without quoting the exact words (Ex.: She said that she could not go.)
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