callback
n.— «He ends nearly every chapter with a surprising figurative twist on something he said earlier, like what comedians refer to as a “callback.”» —“Inventing English: A Portable History Of The Language By Seth Lerer” by James Campbell Martin Bookslut Feb., 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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