WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
direct′ dis′course, 
  1. Grammarquotation of a speaker in which the speaker's exact words are repeated. Cf. indirect discourse.

'direct discourse' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
direct speech - exclamation point - indirect discourse

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