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What is a direct speech?
What is a direct speech?
- A verbatim repetition of someone's spoken words (correct)
- A fictional creation of someone's spoken words
- A summary of someone's spoken words
- A rephrasing of someone's spoken words
What is an indirect speech?
What is an indirect speech?
- A summary of someone's spoken words
- A fictional creation of someone's spoken words
- A verbatim repetition of someone's spoken words
- A rephrasing of someone's spoken words (correct)
In direct speech, what is usually used to enclose the speaker's exact words?
In direct speech, what is usually used to enclose the speaker's exact words?
- Quotation marks (correct)
- Parentheses
- Brackets
- Apostrophes
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Speech
- Direct speech is a type of speech where the speaker's exact words are quoted, usually within quotation marks.
- Indirect speech, also known as reported speech, is a type of speech where the speaker's words are conveyed, but not directly quoted.
- In direct speech, quotation marks are usually used to enclose the speaker's exact words, setting them apart from the rest of the text.
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