Framing device

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An introductory or main narrative that provides a framework for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.

    "The attack sequence dissolves to the present, back to the circus sideshow of the first reel and the curious onlookers, awaiting a glimpse of the creature in the pit, the framing device all but forgotten during the past seventy minutes of full immersion in freakdom."

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prosceniums

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"The attack sequence dissolves to the present, back to the circus sideshow of the first reel and the curious onlookers, awaiting a glimpse of the creature in the pit, the framing device all but forgotten during the past seventy minutes of full immersion in freakdom."

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