Good Morning.
Halo, friends. On this occasion, I want to explain about "Direct and Indirect Speech" briefly.
On my oppinion, in my opinion, the word that matches this material is not "speech", but "sentence". because,So, in the future I will use the word "sentence" in the discussion of this material.
1. Direct Sentences.
A direct sentence is a sentence
that describes the results of a direct quote from the conversation of someone
who is exactly like what he said.
Characteristics of Direct Sentences :
a. In direct sentences, quotation
marks are marked with quotation marks.
b. The first letter of the
sentence is quoted using a capital letter.
c. Excerpts and accompaniment
sentences are separated by punctuation (,) commas.
d. Direct sentences in the form
of sequential dialogs must use the colon punctuation (:) in front of the direct
sentence.
e. Sentences are directly spoken
or read with more emphasis on intonation.
f. Arrangement Pattern:
speaker, "quote"
"Quote," speaker
"Quote," speaker, "quote"
h. The way to read the quotation
sentence is slightly suppressed.
How to Write Sentences Directly
In writing direct sentences there are several
things that must be considered, especially the use of
punctuation, including:
1. Excerpts are enclosed in
quotation marks (") instead of quotes (‘).
2. The closing quotation marks
are placed after the punctuation marks which end the quotation marks.
Example:
Rina said,
"I will go on vacation next month." (Correct)
Rina said,
"I will go on vacation next month". (Wrong)
"The
shirt is dirty," said Melati (Right)
"Clothes are good," said Melati. " (Wrong)
3.
Accompaniment sentences must end with a comma, sometimes a colon and a space if
the
accompanying sentence part is before the quotation sentence.
Example:
Rika asked, "Where are you
going today?"
"Where are you going today?" Rika asked. (Correct)
"Where are you going today?" Rika asked. (Wrong)
4. If there are 2 excerpt sentences, the first
letter of the first sentence is in capital letters.
Whereas the second sentence uses lowercase except for the person's name
and greeting words.
Example:
"Try asking father," said
the mother, "he will definitely give it."
Nino said, "The bag I used is expensive," whereas Rudi said,
"Nino bag is cheap."
Examples of Direct Sentences
a. Father said, "Please get a hat on the table!"
b. "That's your
fault!" Reni said to Rini.
c. "Who threw this
eraser?" asked the teacher.
d. "Neni, you are sought
after by teacher," Romli said, "he is waiting for you in front of the
class."
e. Rama said: "I want to be a captain
someday."
2. Indirect Sentences
A sentence that reports or informs the words of
another person in the form of a news sentence.
Quoted again by someone from the party / person who
said so that the writing is not original or
not exactly the same or only a part of it.
Characteristics of Indirect Sentences
1. The intonation reads it flat.
2. Do not use quotation marks.
3. There are changes in people's
pronouns, namely:
- first
person pronouns change to third person.
-
"I", "I" become "Him" or "He"
- The
seoncd person pronoun changes to first person.
-
"You" "He" becomes "me" or someone's name
- The
second and first plural pronouns change to "we", "us" and
"them"
-
"You" "we" become "us" "us"
Example:
Mother said, "He is a diligent
child."
Mother said that Susi was a diligent child
The teacher said, "You have to be
smart kids."
The teacher said that we must be smart kids.
4.
Usually the "that" conjunction is added.
Examples of Indirect Sentences
- The teacher says we have to
study hard to be smart kids.
- Dini said that she would buy a
new toy by her mother.
- Raisa said that I should try
her mother's cooking.
- Rio asked his mother to buy
him a new cellphone.
- Ridwan said that he would come
home earlier than usual.
- Aldo said that I had to try
his mother's cooking.
May be useful.
