[identity profile] nathan helfinstine (from livejournal.com) 2013-05-30 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
But if you write down that you are telling a story out loud, than that's a "framing device".

[identity profile] sean o'hara (from livejournal.com) 2013-05-30 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
But you don't need a framing device--you could have the whole story be the monologue of some guy at a bar.