1. “A Mountain of a Monument” Vocabulary

2. sculpture The artist created a sculpture of the town’s first mayor which will sit in front of the Town Hall.

3. sculpture Carved in stone, wood, marble, or clay

4. awesome She had just put the finishing touches on her huge awesome creation.

5. awesome extraordinary

6. nostril She was still reworking the shape of one nostril of the mayor’s nose.

7. nostril outer opening of the nose

8. dedicate The townspeople would have a ceremony to dedicate the statue.

9. dedicate recognize in a special ceremony

10. hail On the big day, she hurried to hail a cab, waving frantically as they drove by.

11. hail call out

12. explosives Luckily, she arrived just before the explosives of the fireworks display went off!

13. explosives substances for blasting objects apart