denouements
Final plot revelations
Denouements is the plural of denouement, the final part of a narrative where complications are resolved and loose ends tied up.
The term comes from French for "untying"—the knot of the plot comes undone.
It applies to fiction, drama, and by extension any complex situation reaching its conclusion: The denouements of both novels felt rushed.
Formal decision or determination
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- endingFinal portion of something
plot · revelation · twist · closure · unraveling · payoff · story · epilogue
Results following an event
- outcomeFinal result of events
- resultWhat follows a cause
- culminationHighest or final point
- end pointWhere something concludes
final chapter · settling · unwinding · resolution · reckoning · consequences · final stage · last act
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- ChekhovRussian short-story master
Shakespeare · novel · drama · theatrical · classical · Greek tragedy · poetic justice · narrative arc
resolution
Formal decision or determination
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- conclusionEnd or deduction
ending · plot · revelation · twist · closure · unraveling · payoff · story · epilogue · outcome
aftermath
Results following an event
- outcomeFinal result of events
- resultWhat follows a cause
- culminationHighest or final point
end point · final chapter · settling · unwinding · resolution · reckoning · consequences · final stage · last act · completion
Agatha Christie
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- comedyWork meant to amuse
Chekhov · Shakespeare · novel · drama · theatrical · classical · Greek tragedy · poetic justice · narrative arc · deus ex machina
denouementsbeginnings
Initial stages of something
openings · expositions · introductions · prologues · setups
denouementsbuildups
Gradual accumulations or increases
rising action · escalations · climaxes · complications · intensifications
denouementscomplications
Difficulties that emerge unexpectedly
entanglements · plot twists · convolutions · knots · tangles