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)
In this example, it is ironic that water is everywhere but none of it can be drunk (as it is seawater). Dramatic irony is the inconsistency between a situation developed in a play/drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play..