free indirect speech
free indirect speech noun: the literary device of writing a character's first-person thoughts in the voice of the third-person narrator.
Noun
free indirect speech (uncountable)
- The literary device of writing a character's first-person thoughts in the voice of the third-person narrator.
- Synonyms:
- free indirect discourse, free indirect style
Synonyms of free indirect speech
Questions about free indirect speech
- What does free indirect speech mean?
- Free indirect speech means the literary device of writing a character's first-person thoughts in the voice of the third-person narrator.
- What part of speech is free indirect speech?
- Free indirect speech is a noun.
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