direct address
Americannoun
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Grammar. the use of a term or name for the person spoken to, as in securing the attention of that person; use of a vocative form.
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Computers. indirect address
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The direct address monologues, Lyons stresses, should have “a stand-up comedy feel to them. In these moments the audience is no longer a spectator, but an active participant in the story.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
What decisions did you make about using metatextual qualities and visual style and using direct address and other gimmicks to hold the viewer’s hand through the film?
From Salon • Oct. 26, 2023
That metadramatic direct address to readers defines the signature style of this weird hyper-self-aware mystery.
From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023
In all of these films, these sustained moments — committed entirely to each woman — foster a kind of direct address that seems to dissolve the screen.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2023
His general manner was that of the reader, occasionally rising into direct address or invocation in passages where tenderness or majesty demanded more energy.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
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