What do the reporting verbs in these sentences suggest about the personality
and mood of the speaker?
a.'I cannot believe what you have done!" she screamed.
b "Why should I she insisted. Why?
c."I'm really glad to be home.' Chen wept.
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Answer:
Reported speech is how we represent the speech of other people or what we say. There are two main types of reported speech: direct speech and indirect speech.
Direct speech repeats the exact words the person used, or how we remember their words:
Barbara said, “I didn’t realize it was midnight.”
In indirect speech, the original speaker’s words are changed.
Barbara said she hadn’t realized it was midnight.
In this example, I become she and the verb tense reflects the fact that time has passed since the words were spoken: didn’t realize becomes hadn’t realized.
The indirect speech focuses more on the content of what someone said rather than their exact words:
“I’m sorry,” said Mark. (direct)
Mark apologized. (indirect: report of a speech act)
Similarly, we can report what people wrote or thought:
‘I will love you forever,’ he wrote and then posted the note through Alice’s door. (direct report of what someone wrote)
He wrote that he would love her forever, and then posted the note through Alice’s door. (indirect report of what someone wrote)
I need a new direction in life, she thought. (direct report of someone’s thoughts)
She thought that she needed a new direction in life. (indirect report of someone’s thoughts)
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Believes is the reporting verb