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)
SIX ARISTOTELIAN ELEMENTS OF A PLAY. 1. PLOT The arrangement of events or incidents on the stage. The plot is composed of âclearly defined problems for characters to solve.â (Kernodle, et al 6) Plot is to be. differentiated from Story which is a chronological detailing of events that happened on and off stage. Events happening off stage are introduced through exposition (narrative dialogue).