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Acts, sequences & episode architecture · Working

Coda

Also called: tailpiece

ELI5

A brief final passage that completes, reflects on or recontextualises the ending.

Used in conversation

“The coda returns to the opening image and shows what has changed.”

Pitch context

Use this when explaining how the story works on the page or across the finished screen experience.

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