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Epilogue

Meaning in literature, with examples

nounCommon term

In literature, epilogue means: A section after the main narrative that adds a final comment or later events.

In Turkish: sonsöz, epilog

How it is used

Use for a separate closing section, often showing what happens after the main action.

Example sentences

  1. The epilogue shows the abandoned house twenty years after the family leaves.

    The time jump adds a later perspective after the central story ends.

  2. In the epilogue, the narrator asks whether writing the story has changed her memory.

    The closing section reflects on the telling rather than adding another conflict.

Common collocations

  • a brief epilogue
  • in the epilogue
  • prologueAn opening section before the main story that gives context, frames later events, or creates expectations for what follows.
  • resolutionThe final part of a story, after the climax, where the main conflict is settled and loose ends are tied up.

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