epilog
Story's final section
Epilog is a variant spelling of epilogue—a concluding section of a book, play, or other work that provides closure or reflects on what came before.
The spelling without the -ue is less common but acceptable, particularly in American English: The epilog revealed what happened to the characters ten years later.
Story's final unraveling
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
completion · culmination · endgame · final chapter · last act · coda · postscript · afterword
Summarizing what came before
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- recapBrief review of events
- overviewBroad general summary
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
review · rundown · summation · condensation · closing statement · abstract · précis · roundup
Departing salutation
- partingAct of leaving another
- valedictionFormal parting statement
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- send-offFarewell gathering or party
last words · swan song · curtain call · final bow · adieu · sayonara · au revoir · fare-thee-well
Observing one's own mind
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- musingReflective contemplation
looking back · hindsight · retrospective · aftermath · lessons learned · moral · summation · soliloquy
denouement
Story's final unraveling
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- finaleConcluding part of performance
wrap-up · completion · culmination · endgame · final chapter · last act · coda · postscript · afterword · ending
recapitulation
Summarizing what came before
wrap-up · review · rundown · summation · condensation · closing statement · abstract · précis · roundup · retrospect
goodbye
Departing salutation
- partingAct of leaving another
- valedictionFormal parting statement
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
send-off · last words · swan song · curtain call · final bow · adieu · sayonara · au revoir · fare-thee-well · benediction
introspection
Observing one's own mind
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
musing · looking back · hindsight · retrospective · aftermath · lessons learned · moral · summation · soliloquy
epilogprologue
Introductory literary section
introduction · preface · foreword · preamble · opening
epilogprologue
Introductory literary section
introduction · setup · exposition · premise · inciting incident