F2F Class Notes (Nick)

Write a story with a lot of meaning, in very few words. Look for good synonyms.
(Maybe check out the dictionary.com app!)

Vocabulary

Director – the person responsible for the interpretive aspects of a stage, film, or television production; the person who supervises the integration of all the elements, as acting, staging, and lighting, required to realize the writer’s conception
Producer – a person responsible for the financial and administrative aspects of a stage, film, television, or radio production

Proctor – someone who supervises a test administration
e.g.  The proctor tells exam-takers when to start and stop, and makes sure that no one cheats.

Cheat – synonyms: swindle, deceive, practice fraud (defraud)
Defraud is always cheating a person; fraud is a more formal term than cheat.
e.g. He cheated on the SAT to try to get into a better school. (test)
e.g. He cheated at cards to try to win some extra money. (game)
e.g. The government has uncovered a large case a fraud in its recent investigation of the bank. (finance, immigration, formal cases)

Copycat – someone who copies another’s actions; imitation
e.g. A company who tries to steal another’s style or products.
e.g. A kid who acts like another one, or imitates their work.
e.g. A criminal who tries to perform the same crime as another criminal in a new place.

Business trip – I”m going on a business trip / I’m going on a trip for business.