| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| epigram, epigraph, epilogue, epitaph (nn.) |
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| An epigram is a short poem or a short, witty, and memorable statement, such as Ogden Nash’s Candy/Is dandy,/But liquor/Is quicker. An epigraph is either an inscription on a building or a monument, or a short quotation at the head of an essay, or of a chapter in a book, that is related in some way to what is intended or what is to follow. An epitaph is a memorial inscription on a gravestone or something written in honor of someone recently dead. An epilogue (sometimes spelled epilog) is a closing speech or set of remarks at the end of a play or other literary piece; it frequently rounds off or comments further on the meaning of the work just ended. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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