Cloture is a means of terminating a filibuster, which is a prolonged speech on the floor of the Senate designed to forestall legislative action.
Melodrama is: âa dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.â (Dictionary.com) Drama is: âany situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results.â (Dictionary.com)
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters don't. This often occurs in a simplistic way in thrillers or horror movies when the audience knows that the killer or monster is lurking nearby, but the characters don't.