Communication 2013-08-20

plagiarism - to copy someone else's words as your own.  For example, reading from Wikipedia or IMDb.

- Make sure you know how to pronounce all the words you use in a presentation.

- Make sure you choose the correct translation into English.
"This character is played by Will Smith."
An actor plays a character.
"complicity" - usually means with something bad. Someone can be complicit in a crime.

"It was written for Chris Morgan." = someone else wrote it as a gift for Chris.
"It was written by Chris Morgan." = Chris wrote it.

"I show this movie when I am sad." = I play the movie for some other people.
"I watch this movie when I am sad." = I play the movie for myself.

The story IS about...
It tells the story about... ("tells" is the verb)
- Make sure every sentence has a verb AND a subject