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. of or pertaining to the drama; theatrical. 2. employing the form or style of the drama. 3. involving conflict or contrast; vivid: dramatic colors. 4. highly effective or compelling: a dramatic silence.