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 Purpose or Significance. Definition: A term which is applied to the use that a scene or a speech (or part of a speech) may have in fulfilling a specific objective. A specific scene or speech in the play may be said to have a dramatic purpose of significance if it achieves one or more of the following:  Establish setting.  Characterization of a main character.