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Diction Lesson

jargon - idiom-

& turn-of-phrase-

in

Bridging the Generational Divide Between a Football Father & a Soccer Son

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jargon

special words or expressions that are associated with a group or a profession

(and sometimes hard for outsiders to understand)

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idiom

an expression that is not meant to be taken literally, and it usually can't be figured out by looking at each individual word

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turn-of-phrase

a way of saying or describing something

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Directions:

categorize the following 16 terms into

1 of the 3 language concepts below-

jargon ~ idiom ~ turn-of-phrase

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line of scrimmage

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fantasy league

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pipe-up

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bogged down

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throw the gauntlet

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commercial timeouts

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as dry as watching C-Span

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arguments flew

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mortally wounded

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player brushes against them

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national pastime

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collective character

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baseball was tops

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finer points of futbol vs. football

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rugby

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