Vocabulary Quiz

What does "permissible" mean?

• Grounds

• Forbidden

• Panic

• Allowable

OSHA sued SeaWorld on the premises that it was unsafe to have humans in the water with wild orcas. Premises means:

• Grounds or basis

• Example

• Idea

• Effort

The director of Blackfish relied heavily on pathos to convince viewers of her claim that orcas should not be kept in captivity. Pathos means:

• Logical appeal

• Emotional appeal

• Odd occurrence

• Required

Safety training should have been integral when new trainers joined SeaWorld. Integral means:

• Odd occurrence

• Random

• Panic

• Necessary and important

Because of his size, Tilikum was an anomaly in comparison to other whales.

• Odd or unusual whale

• Unhappy whale

• Angry whale

• Important whale

What are "injunctions"?

• Panic

• Grounds

• Warnings or orders

• Logical appeal

What does "verbatim" mean?

• To transcribe the exact words

• To expand on a point

• To worsen

• To form a theory

The author decided to create a satire about SeaWorld to show human greed and how it affected the orcas. Satire means:

• A combination of ideas

• A logical appeal

• A false argument

• A genre of literature for ridiculing society

What does "salient" mean?

• Panic

• Striking

• Required

• Random

When the divers captured the baby orcas in the wild, the orcas went into a state of hysteria. Hysteria means:

• Fear

• Anger

• Whimsy

• Panic