Direct speech - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_speech• Quoted or direct speech: He laid down his bundle and thought of his misfortune. "And just what pleasure have I found since I came into this world?" he asked.• Reported or normal indirect speech: He laid down his bundle and thought of his misfortune. He asked himself what pleasure he had f…
Indirect speech - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indirect_speechIn linguistics, indirect speech (also reported speech or indirect discourse) is a grammatical mechanism for reporting the content of another utterance without directly quoting it. For example, the English sentence Jill said she was coming is indirect discourse while Jill said "I'm coming"