Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

free indirect speech

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: free indi-rec-t speech
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The literary device of writing a character's first-person thoughts in the voice of the third-person narrator.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

free indirect discourse free indirect style

Questions

What does free indirect speech mean?: The literary device of writing a character's first-person thoughts in the voice of the third-person narrator.

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