dramatizer
Script transformation artist
A dramatizer is someone who dramatizes—either adapting material for theatrical or film presentation, or exaggerating events for emotional effect.
A novelist who converts her book into a screenplay is a dramatizer; so is the friend who turns minor setbacks into epic catastrophes.
He's such a dramatizer—a flat tire becomes a near-death experience.
One who recounts tales
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
- narratorOne who tells events
- exaggeratorOne who overstates things
- attention-seekerOne craving notice
showman · performer · entertainer · embellisher · sensationalist · ham · scene-stealer · provocateur
Raised performance platform
- performanceCarrying out a task
- actingTemporarily holding position
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
scene · audience · rehearsal · costume · director · script · playwright · thespian
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- sensationalismOverhyped news coverage
magnification · inflation · melodrama · histrionics · overreaction · distortion · caricature · overemphasis
Pity-evoking quality
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- passionIntense emotional drive
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
intensity · sorrow · anguish · despair · grief · tears · heartbreak · angst
Account of events
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- protagonistStory's central figure
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
conflict · tension · suspense · arc · foreshadowing · backstory · subplot · denouement
storyteller
One who recounts tales
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
- narratorOne who tells events
- exaggeratorOne who overstates things
attention-seeker · showman · performer · entertainer · embellisher · sensationalist · ham · scene-stealer · provocateur · agitator
stage
Raised performance platform
- performanceCarrying out a task
- actingTemporarily holding position
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
soliloquy · scene · audience · rehearsal · costume · director · script · playwright · thespian · blocking
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
sensationalism · magnification · inflation · melodrama · histrionics · overreaction · distortion · caricature · overemphasis · aggrandizement
pathos
Pity-evoking quality
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- passionIntense emotional drive
fervor · intensity · sorrow · anguish · despair · grief · tears · heartbreak · angst · turmoil
narrative
Account of events
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- protagonistStory's central figure
- antagonistOne who opposes another
climax · conflict · tension · suspense · arc · foreshadowing · backstory · subplot · denouement · resolution
dramatizerminimizer
One who reduces significance
downplayer · stoic · simplifier · deadpan · reductionist
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