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)
The characteristic feature of epic literature, as of drama, is the representation of an action unfolding in space and timeâthe course of events in the lives of the characters. A specific trait of epic literature, however, is the organizing role played by narration.