Example:

DIRECT SPEECH- the message of the speaker is conveyed

or reported in his own actual words without any change.
* aka QUOTED SPEECH ‘’ ’’
* has reporting clause
* has reporting verb
* has reported clause
* has reported verb
* take note that it is the exact words of the speaker.

REPORTED SPEECH- a report on what someone else said

or wrote without using that person’s exact words.
* aka indirect speech
* it doesn’t have quotation marks