The visitor said "is anybody there?
how to change direct into indirect
Part is an adjective, of is an article (I think), and speech is a noun
to communicate with other people
A part of speech -- there are eight -- defines the classification of a word. For example, run is a verb, house is a noun and so forth. A figure of speech is a phrase used for emphasis which is not...
Depending on how you use it, it can be a verb ("I like to FISH") or a noun ("I caught a FISH").
Noun.