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Theme park located in San Antonio, San Diego and Orlando that holds orca whales captive for public entertainment.
What is Sea World?
100
The date is occurred on.
What is September 11th, 2001?
100
The exact or approximate duplication of any element of language, such as word, phrase, sentence or structure.
What is repetition?
100
A comparison of two unlike things, not necessarily using using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
100
Slang in writing, used often to create local color and to provide an informal tone.
What is colloquialism?
200
Movie we watched in class that interviews former Sea World trainers about the truth behind Sea World.
What is Blackfish?
200
Number of hijackers.
What is 19?
200
A phrase that is repeated throughout a work.
What is refrain?
200
A comparison introduced and then further developed throughout a literary work.
What is extended metaphor?
200
An appeal based on emotion.
What is pathos?
300
Number of whales that have died at SeaWorld.
What is 44?
300
Approximately the amount of time it took to clean up after 9/11.
What is 9 months?
300
The repetition of vowel sounds in successive words.
What is assonance?
300
Placing two elements side-by-side to present a comparison or contrast.
What is juxtaposition?
300
The grammatical structure of prose and poetry.
What is syntax?
400
Orca whales swim an average of this per day.
What is 100 miles?
400
Approximately the time the first tower was hit.
What is 8:46 am?
400
Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row.
What is anaphora?
400
A type of metaphor in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.
What is metonymy?
400
Presenting two alternatives that are not necessarily mutually exclusive as if they were, often ignoring other alternatives.
What is false dichotomy?
500
Orca whales live an average of what in the wild?
What is 30 to 50 years?
500
The flight numbers of the planes that were hijacked.
What is 11, 175, 77, and 93?
500
Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.
What is consonance?
500
Drawing a comparison to another situation that applies to the original circumstances in order to show a similarity in some respect.
What is analogy?
500
A form of deductive argument which presents two premises, major and minor, followed by a conclusion.
What is syllogism?