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  Flickr: Tell a story in 5 frames (Visual story telling)
The second part is the response of the group to the visual story.
Telling and enjoying stories should create entertainment for the group as well as offer insight into the universal elements that help create a story for an international audience.
Group members respond by relating in their own words the story that they see, or critique the story and/or photographs and open the story up to discussion.
www.flickr.com /groups/visualstory   (774 words)

  
  Frame story - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc.) is a narrative technique whereby a main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories, each of which is a story within a story.
Sometimes a story within the main narrative can be used to sum up or encapsulate some aspect of the framing story, in which case it is referred to in literary criticism by the French term mise en abyme.
Frame stories are often organized as a gathering of people in one place for the exchange of stories.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frame_story   (566 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Frame story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A story within a story is a literary device or conceit in which one story is told during the action of another story.
A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others.
Here the frame includes both the world of the imagined Crayon, his stories and the possible reader who is assumed to play along and "know" who Crayon is. Washington Irving Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Frame-story   (1060 words)

  
 jchisthome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The two story with attic frame house in covered by beaded weatherboards and by a gable roof which breaks to cover the engaged two-tier porch which carries across the three-bay front elevation.
It is a two-story frame house with a two-tier pedimented porch sheltering the three center bays of the five-bay front elevation.
One-story shed rooms carry across the rear elevation and a one-story frame addition is on the southeast elevation.
www.co.jones.nc.us /jchisthome.htm   (2659 words)

  
 Frame story -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc) is a narrative technique whereby a main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories, each of which is a (Click link for more info and facts about story within a story) story within a story.
Sometimes a story within the main narrative can be used to sum up or encapsulate some aspect of the framing story, in which case it is referred to in literary criticism by the French term (Click link for more info and facts about mise en abyme) mise en abyme.
Many of Shahrazad's tales are also frame stories, such as (Click link for more info and facts about Tale of Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman) Tale of Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman is a collection of adventures related by Sindbad the Seaman to Sindbad the Landsman.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/frame_story.htm   (621 words)

  
 frame story --  Encyclopædia Britannica
In the cyclical frame story—that is, a story in which several tales are related—some frames are externally imposed and only loosely bind the diversified stories.
In the frame story, an Oriental king entrusted the education of his son to a wise tutor named Sindbad (not to be confused with the sailor of The Thousand and One Nights).
In all her novels, Frame depicts a society deprived of wholeness by its refusal to come to terms with disorder, irrationality, and madness.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9035094?tocId=9035094   (860 words)

  
 Talk:Frame story - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Currently his article defines a frame story exclusively as an overarching narrative for a collection of short stories.
I think of it as a more general concept of a ('story' or 'stories')-within-a-story, as was covered before the frame story/narrative merge.
My suggestion would be to resusitate Story within a story and include the current material there plus some historical stuff from previous incarnations.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Frame_story   (251 words)

  
 Frame story - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As with all, the frame tale has many variations, some clearly within the confines of the conceit, some on the border, and some pushing the boundaries of understanding.
Heart of Darkness — Conrad's story is the account of an unnamed man relating Marlow's yarn of his journey down the Congo river to find Kurtz, in all, four levels removed from the reader.
The Taming of the Shrew (The frame is often cut in performance)
oakpark.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Frame_tale   (669 words)

  
 HOME BUILDING : Home Exterior : Frame by Frame: Introduction to Framing Two-Story House : DIY Network
Framing refers to the process of creating a frame, the skeleton (figure A) on which the other parts of your home will eventually be hung.
Remember that the frame is the skeleton of your house and if there are imperfections at this stage they will only cause problems later on.
If the framing is not accurate, all trades that follow -- the drywallers, finish carpenters, cabinet hangers, etc. -- will all have a hard time if the walls are not plumb or if the ceilings and floors are not level.
www.diynet.com /diy/hm_homeexterior/article/0,2085,DIY_16800_3068610,00.html   (520 words)

  
 Wood-Frame Building Collapse
To erect a balloon frame structure, four wood exterior walls are constructed flat on the ground.
The 1998 collapse in a wood frame building that killed two FDNY fire officers was due to an illegal alteration of a floor system and fire destruction of the second story floor beams.
There are three ways in which a wood-frame building’s wall can collapse during a fire: one wall may fall straight outward at a 90-degree angle, the entire building may lean over and collapse on its side, or one or all four wood enclosing walls may crack apart and fall in an inwardoutward collapse.
vincentdunn.com /dunn/newsletters/oct_nov2001/FDNYHP_16.html   (2346 words)

  
 Creating Story Frames
A link between story frames can be broken by first selecting the story frame where you want to break the link.
Story frames can easily be deleted by selecting the desired frame and pressing the Delete or Backspace key.
It may be necessary to move the frames apart or adjust the size of the frames to allow room for the clip art.
www.dis.dpi.state.nd.us /ISC/classes/example/CompApp1/U2L12.html   (654 words)

  
 ForMinistry - vsItemDisplay
This parable is a story within a story, with the frame story shaping the hearers’ perception of the meaning of the inner story, the parable.
One cannot exhaust the meaning of a story; stories take on new meanings as they are retold by new storytellers or in new contexts.
Their stories might be the old classics or they might be new stories invented for the host.
www.forministry.com /vsItemdisplay.dsp&objectID=14C1252E-3195-4A65-A16DC54DD219CC90&method=display   (1913 words)

  
 Search Results for frame - Encyclopædia Britannica
In the cyclical frame story—that is, a story in which several...
Before the 15th century in Europe, frames hardly existed separately from their architectural setting and, with the altarpieces or the...
The frame is generally made of two channel sections of alloy steel with a standardized...
www.britannica.com /search?query=frame&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (542 words)

  
 Frightening Reality in a Fantasy World
(“Fatal Frame backstory?” 4) The story itself was swathed in local legends and mysteries, leading people to believe that the vengeful souls of the murdered family wandered the Mansion, repeating the failed rituals to those who dared enter the abandoned edifice.
Any holes in the story have been filled in by local legend, by the people in the village in the vicinity of the Mansion, who do indeed attempt to ignore the stories of the malicious apparitions not far from where they live.
Being that the backbone of the story was already constructed for them once they found it, the team that made the game simply had to fill in any plot holes they came across and add in a few missing elements, such as characters and the gameplay part itself.
www.geocities.com /kazamaceo/researchpaper2.html   (1839 words)

  
 Frames:Stories Within Stories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A frame in a story resembles a picture frame on a piece of art.
The device of the frame actually provides some distance to the narrative and allows the writer to provide more direct information to the reader about the interpretation of the story.
Because these kind of stories ask much more of the reader, make sure that you provide reasons for the reader to stick with your story, whether that is humor, curiosity, or amazement about your stylistic audacity.
www.bloomington.in.us /~dory/creative/class12.html   (730 words)

  
 Christian Storytelling.com - Storytelling Tip
Using a frame story is a fairly straightforward concept.
You simply divide the story into two and put the first part at the beginning of the sermon and the last part at the end.
Usually with a frame story, you don’t say a lot before you start the story and don’t say a lot after you finish it.
www.christianstorytelling.com /past_stories_tips/2004-05_tip.html   (512 words)

  
 8.1.1
Student will be required to read a short story, write a written report and create a story frame to be used as a visual aid.
Within the story frame and report, the student will be evaluated on these items: main ideas, character analysis, setting, sequencing, and appearance of visual aid.
Title and author of story must be visible on the story frame.
toolbox.esu16.k12.ne.us /la/8.1.1.htm   (1037 words)

  
 ASIFA Central : Frame By Frame : Toy Story; The First Computer Animated Feature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Story and characters come first and that is what drives everything we do," says "Toy Story's" director, John Lasseter.
The most intriguing concept in the story revolves around the venture into the outside world that leads the cowboy and his advisory into the world of the "mutant" toys.
Most of the animators and other staff who worked on "Toy Story", and some reports number them in the 100 to 150 range, were from traditional backgrounds with experience in clay, puppet or hand drawn animation.
www.swcp.com /animate/articles/toystory.htm   (629 words)

  
 Leo Tolstoy - Free Online Library
The epic tale depicted the story of five families against the background of Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
Tolstoy's other masterpiece, Anna Karenina (1873-77), told a tragic story of a married woman, who follows her lover, but finally at a station throws herself in front of an incoming train.
The story of an unhappily married woman who begins a downhill spiral after engaging in several affairs, one of which takes her away from her beloved son forever.
tolstoy.thefreelibrary.com   (939 words)

  
 THE FRAME STORY
I don't recommend using them as a splash, main or index page because search engines will pick up and direct your visitors to one of the frames and not to the page as you would wish it to be seen.
Borders around each frame will be set by default if this tag is not used.
The frame tags are placed between frameset tags and the frameset tag must have a rows or cols value for each one.
personal.nbnet.nb.ca /wallyweb/mentor/frames.htm   (915 words)

  
 Peace Corps | World Wise Schools | Lesson Plans | Teacher Guides | Voices from the Field
Have students share their highlights with one partner, the lines or sentences they liked with another partner, and the parts of the story that were confusing or raised questions for them with another partner.
Ask students in each group to compare their story frames, fill in details they may have missed, and help each other clarify points that may have been confusing.
To prepare for this, explain that groups who have focused on Story Frame “A” (The author’s viewpoint) will have 10 minutes to decide what they will say while role playing when they are paired with someone who has focused on Story Frame “B” (The author’s students’ viewpoint).
www.peacecorps.gov /wws/guides/voices/ccdialogue/readrespond/day2.html   (650 words)

  
 HOME BUILDING : Home Exterior : Frame by Frame: Second-Story Framing from the Ground Up : DIY Network
Create a ceiling for the first floor, and remember that the ceiling joists of the first story serve as the floor joists for the second floor.
This is because the walls and window openings that are plumb and level during the framing stage will make the rest of the home building process go smoothly, hopefully.
Frame by Frame: Introduction to Framing Two-Story House
www.diynet.com /diy/hm_homeexterior/article/0,2085,DIY_16800_3068728,00.html   (465 words)

  
 President Roosevelt Builds a Refuge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Present the incomplete story frame to the students on an overhead transparency.
In the story "Little Red Riding Hood" by an unknown author, the major characters are Little Red Riding Hood, her grandmother, the wolf, and the woodcutter.
The story ends when the woodcutter chops open the wolf and frees Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother from the wolf's stomach.The lesson I learned from reading this story is to ask for help when you are in danger.
www.museumgreatplains.org /lawtoncentennial/rooseveltrefugelp.html   (1099 words)

  
 The Frame Up Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the second story the blinds were drawn and on the first floor the verandas were empty.
His story is that after she fired, in trying to get the gun from her, she shot herself-by accident.
He told me he was not a married man." As her story unfolded, Wharton did not again interrupt; and speaking quickly, in abrupt, broken phrases, the girl brought her narrative to the moment when, as she claimed, Cutler had attempted to kill her.
www.richread.com /99frmup10.html   (8387 words)

  
 WebSearch - Frame Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Raw Story is a liberal alternative news counterpoint to the Drudge Report, culling liberal news, politics and alternative news from around the globe.
In the cyclical frame story that is, a story in which several...
We begin with a linear static analysis of a five story steel moment resistant frame with dimensions and preliminary section sizes...
www.seekerbar.com /rl/TB50154te10_sr-1/Frame-Story.html   (449 words)

  
 Dara‘s Place » Psycho — The “frame” story
This time though, as I soaped up and kept my eyes on the curtain, I starting thinking about the frame story of the movie.
And about how, in 1969, it would be rare for a woman to be traveling alone in a remote area to even end up at the Bates motel.
So what Hitchcock does is give us the frame story of Marion Crane as a thief.
www.darasplace.com /99/psycho-the-frame-story   (615 words)

  
 FRAMES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The matching process which decides whether a proposed frame is suitable is controlled partly by one's current goals and partly by information attached to the frame; the frames carry terminal markers and other constraints, while the goals are used to decide which of these constraints are currently relevant.
In translating the story about the wolf and the lamb from English to Japanese, according to Chafe, it is required to mention the place on the river where the actors stand, although it is not required in English.
Developmentally, one would assume, the earliest frames would tend to become the capitols of their later relatives, unless this is firmly prevented by experience, because each time the use of one stereotype is reasonably successful, its centrality is reinforced by another pointer from somewhere else.
web.media.mit.edu /~minsky/papers/Frames/frames.html   (20874 words)

  
 Maus Essays - Personal, Social, and Cultural Contexts Established by the Frame Story in MAUS
The use of the frame story, an overarching narrative used to connect a series of loosely related stories, pervades literature.
An example of a frame story on a large scale - tying together a whole book-length work, not a simple short story - can be found in Art Spiegelman's graphic novel MAUS.
Each of the narrative's six sections is framed with snatches of the interaction between Vladek and Art during the "interview" that supposedly occurred to create the book.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - frame story
Frame Story, story that is used as a surrounding structure, or frame, for a number of other stories.
Storytelling, relating of a story, either verbally or in written form.
Despite the power of today's computers, and the innovations used to accelerate traditional animation processes, modern computer animations require...
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