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The part after the end that convinces you the end meant something.
means A closing passage that rounds off a piece of music, a story, or an event after its main action has finished.
from From Italian coda, literally 'tail,' tracing back to Latin cauda. Musicians borrowed the word for the tacked-on closing section of a piece — the part that wags after the main body is done — and from there it wandered into general use for any concluding bit appended to a story or event.
- origin
- latin for tail, literally
- music use
- closing section outside the main structure
- storytelling trick
- delivers the emotional point, not the plot
- common mistake
- confused with climax, it comes after