Prologue vs. Epilogue

Prologuenoun

A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.

Prologuenoun

One who delivers a prologue.

Prologuenoun

(computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.

Prologuenoun

(cycling) An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.

Prologueverb

To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

Prologuenoun

The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance

Prologuenoun

One who delivers a prologue.

Prologueverb

To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

Prologuenoun

an introduction to a play

Prologue

A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος prólogos, from πρό pró, and λόγος lógos, ) is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information. The Ancient Greek prólogos included the modern meaning of prologue, but was of wider significance, more like the meaning of preface.

Epiloguenoun

A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play

Epiloguenoun

The performer who gives this speech

Epiloguenoun

A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword

Epiloguenoun

(computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.

Epilogueverb

(transitive) To conclude with an epilogue.

Epiloguenoun

A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.

Epiloguenoun

The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.

Epiloguenoun

a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

Epiloguenoun

a short passage added at the end of a literary work;

Epilogue

An epilogue or epilog (from Greek ἐπίλογος epílogos, from ἐπί epi, and λόγος logos, ) is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature, usually used to bring closure to the work. It is presented from the perspective of within the story.