Trinidad Damian
Ms. Lehman English 2-2A 6 December 2019 What Makes An Article Worth Reading? Elizabeth Berg once said, “We are readers probably more than anything else.” Since time is a limited resource, we should carefully choose the articles we give that time to. Frans De Waal’s article about homosapien social behavior, titled “Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect,” is certainly worth your time. The author’s background contributes to the quality of this article. De Waal is very qualified to discuss this topic; he has lots of experience in studying human behaviors in social situations, not to mention he’s trained in biology and is the director of Living Links Center at the Yerkes National primate Research Center. De Waal wrote this article to inform the reader about how we communicate and how we form connections to others. De Waal has a special writing style that the average person would enjoy and understand; he uses some humor while keeping mature and informative information. This would be appealing to common readers who would like to know more about the subject without being bombarded by heavy scientific vocabulary that only a person who dedicated their life to science would understand. Another way De Waal shows his entertaining writing abilities in the way he doesn’t use any section titles. He makes sure that readers are in the story one hundred percent. He doesn’t give away the topics of paragraphs that may have lead readers to lose interest. Instead, he gives countless examples of, how homosapiens interact, connect, sympathize, and empathize with one another. While his main claim comes toward the middle of the story, it doesn’t really affect the reader because they are entertained and the information in each section is relevant. A key tool of entertaining the reader is by sucking them in with a great hook. De Waal uses humor and a relatable topic that everyone can feel a part of so they want to keep reading. This article is useful if readers would like to learn about how we are all connected. Overall this article gives examples of human and monkey behavior to show that people are impacted by one another. De Waal connects his observations to the way we learn and connect. He ends with the main claim that primates are impacted by other primates on many levels. De Waal is very qualified to teach us about this topic. His writing style makes people want to keep reading. Frans De Waal’s article “Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect” is worth your time to read. It’s informative but still entertaining and is a great way to learn something fun and new. Article Review Reflection 1. Explain the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific. One of the main things I went through during this paper was research. To me the research is fifty to seventy percent of a review. As I finished searching for details that would help my article review I then had to figure out a way I could set up the paper in ways to make it flow and still make sense. I was gone for the first day we had to write our papers but thankfully I researched and learned more about this topic and finished in one day . 2.What qualifies this paper as an informative essay? What are the requirements for a review and how did you meet them? I believe that this paper meets the requirements because I discussed what the author could improve on, what things he did very well, and how this article could be of good use to a person who wants to learn more about the topic. 3. What one piece of advice would you give someone writing a review for the first time? Why? A piece of advise I would give someone is, fully feel and dig deep to what the author is meaning to tell you. You need to be able to relate and connect with the story to be able to understand their point of view. And another major part is pay attention and research. |
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