Coda

“Coda (noun): A concluding part of a literary work, often as a set piece that rounds out or brings another; culminating passage; peroration.

‘The message was the same each time—learn to love thyself—and was usually tacked on as abruptly as those codas that once concluded episodes of Father Knows Best. Frank Rich, The New York Times.'”

Excerpted from: Grambs, David. The Random House Dictionary for Writers and Readers. New York: Random House, 1990.