Narration is the act of reporting the words of speaker. i.e, how you are representing the way a person has spoke.
There are two main ways of reporting the words of speaker.
1.Direct Speech
2.Indirect Speech
Direct Speech :
The actual words of speaker are quoted as it is without any change.
The exact words of speaker are enclosed in inverted commas or quotation marks.
Indirect speech :
Here, the actual words of the speaker are transformed.
They said or written in a simple language.