free indirect speech

noun 0.897

indirect quotation

noun 0.833

indirect

noun 0.761

reported speech

noun 0.738

indirectness

noun 0.723

indirection

noun 0.673

indirect object

noun 0.598

speaking

noun 0.558

oratio obliqua

noun 0.558

hearsay

noun 0.551

speech

noun 0.539

figure of speech

noun 0.530

circumlocution

noun 0.526

quoting

noun 0.524

paraphrasing

noun 0.518

double talk

noun 0.514

public speaking

noun 0.513

talking

noun 0.509

quotation

noun 0.508

speak

noun 0.505

rephrasing

noun 0.503

passive voice

noun 0.502