"Melodrama/Melodramatic"

Uses of the terms and examples:

• A melodrama is a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions" (Merriam-Webster).
• "Though the plotting is a bit too transparent and the ending shamelessly melodramatic, readers will enjoy the excitement"

• "Brothers still has a fondness for chaos, veering fromthe silly in one scene to the melodramatic in the next."
• Some examples of Melodramas in pop culture are television shows such as The Bachelor, Pretty Little Liars, Scandal, Grey's Anatomy, and soap operas like ER, Days of our Lives, and General Hospital. Examples of Melodramas in Literature are The Great Gatsby, and also The Crucible.