Lesson 1 - Direct Quotations

This lesson will give you an overview of direct quotations.

A “direct quotation” is the exact word or words that a person speaks.  It’s good to understand the difference between a direct quotation (the words you hear from someone speaking) and an indirect quotation (the words that someone else uses to describe another speaker).

First we are going to focus on direct quotations.

Let’s move ahead to get a better understanding of direct quotations and how to identify a direct quotation by identifying the tense.