Discussion
What does a direct quotation look like ?
Answer: B
A direct quotation is The Prime Minister said "we will take India forward".
A direct quotation reproduces the speaker's exact words inside quotation marks, keeping the speaker's own grammatical person: 'we will take India forward'.
The sentence with 'roared' quotes only a fragment and adds a loaded verb, so it is a partial quotation with editorial colour, not a clean direct quote. 'Said he would take India forward' is indirect (reported) speech, with the pronoun and tense changed and no quotation marks. 'It was reported that ...' is also indirect speech, and second-hand as well.
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