Ellipsis

A narrative omission in which events between depicted scenes are left unstated. The gap may be inferred from context or remain unexplained.

Story time: The duration and sequence of events in a narrative’s fictional world. Ellipsis skips an interval in the chronology of the story.
Story: The events and circumstances that make up a narrative’s fictional or reported world. Ellipsis concerns what is omitted from the story as it is told.
Narrative film: Film that presents a sequence of events as a story. Film uses cuts and transitions to omit intervals between scenes.
Paralipsis: A rhetorical device that draws attention to something by claiming to pass over it. Paralipsis announces a verbal omission; narrative ellipsis skips events.
Discourse time: The order and duration with which a narrative presents events. A skipped story interval can take no space in the discourse.
Narrative discourse: The means and order through which a narrative presents its story. Ellipsis is a relation between story events and their presentation.
Match cut: A film edit linking shots through visual or audible similarity. A match cut can bridge an omitted span while signaling continuity.
Aposiopesis: A figure of speech in which a speaker abruptly breaks off, leaving a sentence unfinished. Aposiopesis interrupts an utterance rather than skipping story time.
Narrative pace: The rate at which a narrative presents events relative to their duration. Omitting events accelerates the pace across the gap.
Fabula and syuzhet: A distinction between a story’s chronological events and the order in which a narrative presents them. The distinction clarifies where omitted intervals belong.

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