Choose the most appropriate word for the following phrase from the options given below:
A section or speech at the end of a book or play serves as a comment on what has happened -.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Epilogue
An epilogue is a section or speech at the end of a book or play that comments on what has happened (from the Greek "epi", in addition + "logos", speech). Its opposite is a prologue, which comes at the beginning.
Example: In the epilogue, the author tells us what became of each character.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: Autobiography — Incorrect. An autobiography is the story of a person's life written by that person.
Example: Gandhiji's autobiography is titled "The Story of My Experiments with Truth".
Option 3: Biography — Incorrect. A biography is the story of a person's life written by someone else.
Example: She is writing a biography of the famous singer.
Option 4: Bibliography — Incorrect. A bibliography is a list of books and articles used or referred to in a piece of work.
Example: The bibliography at the end of the thesis lists forty books.