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)
Best Answer: Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows something the characters do not. In response to the other poster, Situational Irony can happen when there is no audience, and is a result of the projected outcome versus the actual outcome. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_irony#Dramatic_irony.