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)
Related to dramatic: dramatic monologue, dramatic irony. (drÉ-mÄtâ²Ä­k) adj. 1. Of or relating to drama or the theater. 2. Characterized by or expressive of the action or emotion associated with drama or the theater: a dramatic rescue. 3. Arresting or forceful in appearance or effect: a dramatic sunset. 4. Music Having a powerful, expressive singing voice: a dramatic tenor.