It is often used in fiction to represent the mental reactions of characters to what they see or experience. While indirect speech conveys the reported statement in the words of the reporter, with verbs generally 'backshifted' as far as the tense is concerned and changes in pronouns and adverbials of time and place are made to align with the time of reporting free direct speech lacks a reporting clause to show the shift from narration to reporting. Free indirect speech is also called free indirect discourse, free indirect style, or discours indirect libre in French.
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