When I was growing up, a fool or boaster was called a jive turkey.Also, a person who was just talking about things he wasn’t going to do was jiving someone. In this exercise, a jive turkey is one who is using cool, casual words in the wrong context. In other words, using cool slang words is “cool” if it is not for an academic essay. Sometimes, especially when writing a narrative essay, teachers will allow students to use slang and colloquial language in their writings and dialogue. This can help