Vocabulary and Literary Terms PRACTICE Quiz
“Man of Adamant”
Vocabulary list:
Adamant
anathemas
abominable
Sepulchral
supplications sanctified
tabernacle
ethereal
hallowed
celestial
idolatry
Choose the word that best fits in the sentence:
1. We know the word “adamant” in its adjective form, meaning to be very sure or set
in one’s opinions. In its noun form (which is now archaic) Adamant means:
________________________.
2. As something we view as almost heavenly, many view winter break and summer
vacation as __________________ (two words accepted).
3. Kfier, in his _________________, prayed that his English homework would be
brief so that he could spend more time on things that he actually enjoyed.
4. Andy was very excited when he got a model building kit for his 10th birthday and
he could build his own ___________________, just like the one that Moses and
his followers built when they wandered through the desert.
5. Andea said that some of the things she considers _______________ are spiders,
moldy bread, and anyone who abuses children.
6. Ms. Thoreson was stuck in traffic. Her children warned her to watch her language
as she spoke ___________________ at the idiotic things other drivers were doing.
7. Chris kindly explained that in a church, the ___________ burial vaults do actually
contain the buried bodies since he went on field trips to these churches “every 5
minutes” when he lived in Spain.
List of Literary Terms:
Conceit
P.O.V. Narration: 3rd person omniscient
Allusion
Symbols: conventional versus literary
Unusual capitalization
Write a paragraph (you can use the back of this paper) in which you pick 2 of the literary
terms and use them to analyze or comment on “The Man of Adamant.” In your
paragraph, be sure to do the following:
1. explain what each literary term means.
2. give an example from the story (it could be a quote or a paraphrase)
3. comment on how using the literary term helps the author to convey his meaning.