dramatize

drama·tize (dram′ə tīz′, drä′mə-)

transitive verb -·tized′, -·tiz′·ing

to make into a drama; adapt (a story, events, etc.) for performance on the stage, in a film, etc.
to regard or present (actions, oneself, etc.) as though in a play; give dramatic quality to

Etymology: < LL drama (gen. dramatis), drama + -ize

intransitive verb

To present a performance
enact, produce, stage; see perform 2.
To exaggerate
overstate, overplay, give color to, amplify; see act 3, exaggerate.

Object

version: Orwell, like Bond, is a dramatized version of his creator.
story: The group obviously worked together in a creative way to dramatize the story.
life: The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder dramatized the lives of four generations over a ninety-year span of family Christmas dinners.
issue: Pluto is also a factor that stimulates and dramatizes ethics issues and makes them even more complex.
documentary: Then came a big television opportunity - a leading part in a " dramatized documentary " about alcoholism.
emotion: They attempted to dramatize the great human emotions in relation to the dynamics of the city.

Used with why or when

what: Students can then dramatize what sort of rhythmic sounds stomping feet in a rain dance might have made.

Modifying Another Word

often: It has to be seriously considered, for worship in Greek culture was dramatized often.
vividly: The spread of anthrax through the United States Postal Service in October 2001 vividly dramatized the potential problem.
fully: Fully dramatized by cast of 30 plus creepy sound effects and original music.
not: Characters, setting, atmosphere: everything is dramatized not by the flash of Hollywood gloss but in the sweat and blood of life.
slightly: The author takes particular moments and slightly dramatizes them by adding passages of direct speech.
only: But these accusations only dramatize the moral and political confusion into which, over this momentous question, the Arabs have fallen.

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