- A brief recapitulation of the main action
- A summary of the immediate results of the action that has been narrated
- A summary of the long-term effects of the action
- An account of the fortunes that later befall one or more of the characters in the preceding story
- Some echo or reminder of what happened earlier, or the issue that began the plot
- Narrating the physical departure of one or more characters to a new place, thereby drawing a boundary around the preceding action
May 5, 2016
Narrative Closing Conventions
Leland Ryken in a recent volume on biblical narratives notes that there are six kinds of closing conventions in narratives.
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