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)
Characterization-The term characterization refers to the various means by which an author describes and develops the characters in a literary work. Direct characterization is the authorâs or a characterâs explicit presentation or commentary on charactersâ physical qualities, behaviors, virtues, and vices. Indirect characterization defines characters through less obvious representations of their actions, statements, thoughts, and feelings.