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)
1 Situational irony involves an incongruity between what is expected or intended and what actually occurs. 2  Dramatic irony is an effect produced by a narrative in which the audience knows more about present or future circumstances than a character in the story.