CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MELODRAMATIZE
PRESENT
Present
I melodramatize
you melodramatize
he/she/it melodramatizes
we melodramatize
you melodramatize
they melodramatize
Present continuous
I am melodramatizing
you are melodramatizing
he/she/it is melodramatizing
we are melodramatizing
you are melodramatizing
they are melodramatizing
Present perfect
I have melodramatized
you have melodramatized
he/she/it has melodramatized
we have melodramatized
you have melodramatized
they have melodramatized
Present perfect continuous
I have been melodramatizing
you have been melodramatizing
he/she/it has been melodramatizing
we have been melodramatizing
you have been melodramatizing
they have been melodramatizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I melodramatized
you melodramatized
he/she/it melodramatized
we melodramatized
you melodramatized
they melodramatized
Past continuous
I was melodramatizing
you were melodramatizing
he/she/it was melodramatizing
we were melodramatizing
you were melodramatizing
they were melodramatizing
Past perfect
I had melodramatized
you had melodramatized
he/she/it had melodramatized
we had melodramatized
you had melodramatized
they had melodramatized
Past perfect continuous
I had been melodramatizing
you had been melodramatizing
he/she/it had been melodramatizing
we had been melodramatizing
you had been melodramatizing
they had been melodramatizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will melodramatize
you will melodramatize
he/she/it will melodramatize
we will melodramatize
you will melodramatize
they will melodramatize
Future continuous
I will be melodramatizing
you will be melodramatizing
he/she/it will be melodramatizing
we will be melodramatizing
you will be melodramatizing
they will be melodramatizing
Future perfect
I will have melodramatized
you will have melodramatized
he/she/it will have melodramatized
we will have melodramatized
you will have melodramatized
they will have melodramatized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been melodramatizing
you will have been melodramatizing
he/she/it will have been melodramatizing
we will have been melodramatizing
you will have been melodramatizing
they will have been melodramatizing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would melodramatize
you would melodramatize
he/she/it would melodramatize
we would melodramatize
you would melodramatize
they would melodramatize
Conditional continuous
I would be melodramatizing
you would be melodramatizing
he/she/it would be melodramatizing
we would be melodramatizing
you would be melodramatizing
they would be melodramatizing
Conditional perfect
I would have melodramatize
you would have melodramatize
he/she/it would have melodramatize
we would have melodramatize
you would have melodramatize
they would have melodramatize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been melodramatizing
you would have been melodramatizing
he/she/it would have been melodramatizing
we would have been melodramatizing
you would have been melodramatizing
they would have been melodramatizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you melodramatize
we let´s melodramatize
you melodramatize
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to melodramatize
Past participle
melodramatized
Present Participle
melodramatizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MELODRAMATIZE»
Discover the use of
melodramatize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
melodramatize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shakespeare in the Theatre
Glossop defended his production of Richard III on the grounds that he had
employed Mon- crieff to 'melodramatize' the play; he claimed that the production
therefore came within the terms of the Coburg 's licence. Indeed, the extant
evidence ...
Stephen Orgel, Sean Keilen, 1999
2
Memphis Medical Monthly
... a lot of colorature, flippancy and bad literary taste which the uninitiatc mistake
for brilliant treatment of the theme, but which make the cognoscenti weep. These
writers melodramatize Harvey and Yresalius for the shallow lovers of thrillers and
...
To my horror he directed towards myself what I took to be an expression of secret
complicity: the housekeeper at Hougham! I hoped he would say nothing. “That is
of no account. But in speaking of my client as your enemy, you melodramatize.
4
University of California Publications in Modern Philology
... legislate, letterize, literalize, localize, logicize, lyricize, marginalize,
mathemateeize, melodramatize, memorandum, metricize, miscolor, miscopy,
misderive, misdescribe, misfame, mispunctuate, moan, monogrammatize,
monologize, mortify, ...
O. Henry came very near to her, but did he not melodramatize her a little,
sometimes cheapen her by his epigrammatic appraisal, fit her too neatly into his
plot? Kipling seemed to see her only as the brutal, heedless wanton.) Truly the
magic of ...
6
The Innkeeper of Abbeville, Etc
Leave thy damnable faces, and begin !" we involuntarily exclaim, whenthe
levelled pistol and drawn dagger indicate a deed of} dreadful note, which, if
dexterously done, how heartily we applaud! If it ever be our fate to melodramatize
(“ to what ...
7
The Contemporary Drama of Ireland
At the cost of popular success, Colum has remained faithful to himself ; he has
withstood the temptation to melodramatize Synge. CHAPTER VI PEASANT
COMEDY: LADY GREGORY AND WILLIAM BOYLE Writing 120 THE
CONTEMPORARY ...
Ernest Augustus Boyd, 1919
8
A Group of Poets and Their Haunts
home in the quaint old imperial city of Ravenna, a city which the English seldom
visited, and where he could ride, shoot, rove, make love, and melodramatize to
his heart's content. Ravenna is a sort of Italian Nuremberg. Of all Italian cities it
has ...
James Albert Harrison, 1875
The priest elevates the Host And his bored theatrical eyes, To melodramatize the
text, Roar. It's like the Mass they hold in France To bless the packs ofhounds
before a hunt. The choir of hunting horns blares bloodcurdling fanfares And lordly
...
10
Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York
... mourn or melodramatize. They just work. These, of course, are the bureaucrats,
the deadwood employees of a socialized state for whom everyone had contempt,
and who were being made obsolete, we were told, obsolete by the forces of ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MELODRAMATIZE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
melodramatize is used in the context of the following news items.
Tribeca Film Festival 2015: Men Go to Battle | Review
It is remembered in film and television, yes, but in a way to a) melodramatize history and/or b) serve as conduit for ambitious actors and ... «The Upcoming, Apr 15»
Orwell's 1984 Still Matters, Though Not in the Way You Might Think
After this record-setting spasm of throat-clearing, Burgess finally begins his own attempt to "melodramatize certain tendencies" of the present. «Reason, Jan 15»
DECLARATION OF WAR
... who plays Roméo, and cast herself as Juliette, to melodramatize and chic up whatever she can. So when a doctor delivers some bad news, ... «Boston.com, Feb 12»
Jennifer Lawrence stars in 'Winter's Bone': movie review
Director Debra Granik, who also co-wrote the script with Anne Rosellini, based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell, doesn't melodramatize ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 10»
A World War II massacre is brought to light
Wajda chooses to dramatize rather than melodramatize. "Katyn" spans from 1939 to 1945 and features a dozen or so major characters, but it ... «Boston Globe, May 09»
“Katyń,” “Coraline,” and “The International.”
The sleek, iron-gray thriller “The International” is the first of what will undoubtedly be a series of movies that melodramatize the banking industry ... «New Yorker, Feb 09»
Ted Koppel's Placid Appraisal Of Unending War
We don't want our news anchors to melodramatize things, and it would hardly be Koppel's style to shout in alarm like Professor Harold Hill ... «Washington Post, Mar 07»
