Jump cut? That's a cinematic technique to transition in or out of a time or place. Maybe it only applies to place. To show the passage of time by fanning pages of a calendar or with spinning newspaper headlines I think it's called bridging or bridge cuts. Kevin @ Mac Donnell Rare Books 9307 Glenlake Drive Austin TX 78730 512-345-4139 Member: ABAA, ILAB ************************* You may browse our books at: www.macdonnellrarebooks.com -----Original Message----- From: Wesley Britton Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 9:34 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Life on the Mississippi passage No, not syllogisms. Rather, the technique of describing wide vistas before narrowing down the scope. Dr. Wesley Britton Author, Beta-Earth Chronicles www.drwesleybritton.com -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Shoshana Bailey Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 9:52 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Life on the Mississippi passage Are you talking about the deductive method? Susan Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 24, 2016, at 8:33 PM, Wesley Britton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > I have a question about one passage in Life on the Mississippi. I >suspect i= t > will be very familiar to many of you. >=20 >=20 >=20 > It's the passage where we first get a birds-eye view of a place along >the river before Twain narrows his focus to one town, then one street, >then on= e > house, then a sleeping man on a porch. >=20 >=20 >=20 > Back in grad school, a professor used a term to define this technique >of moving from the general to the specific, but I can't figure out now >what term he meant. >=20 >=20 >=20 > Any ideas? >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Dr. Wesley Britton >=20 > Author, Beta-Earth Chronicles >=20 > www.drwesleybritton.com >=20 >=20