Kalea Delgado Ms. Lehmann English 2-1B 3 December 2019 “Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect” Review Have you ever watched someone yawn and then yawned yourself? That is because yawns are contagious along with everything else you do. Frans B.M. de Waal’s article “Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect” explains that primates mimic other primates. This article is really good because it interests me and other readers. I thought the article was good because I learned a lot about why we follow others’ actions and synchronize with them. De Waal is a very qualified writer for this topic. The author’s qualifications include a biology degree, and he’s a published author. He is also the director of Living Links Center at Yerkes Primate Center. De Waal’s purpose is to inform and his writing style is very conversational because he uses words such as “I” and “me”. His article is engaging to average readers like me. All of his sources are personal observations or experiences, but there are no outside sources or bibliography. Therefore, this paper is not exceptional for a research paper. De Waal’s article is put together very well. There are no section titles in this article, but they are unnecessary. The introduction eases into the topic and makes it interesting for readers to hook them in. The organization of De Waal’s article moves logically from point to point, and the transitions are effective. All of the information in the article is relevant to the topic. His content helps tie all this together. In the introduction, the main claim is well introduced and the conclusion restates the main claim. They also tie together very well. De Waal’s main claim is to show that primates mimic other primates. He utilizes examples of monkey behavior and human behavior to explain this claim, but he doesn’t use any outside sources. The author has no bibliography, so this article wouldn’t work for in-depth learning. But De Waal’s qualifications work for informing his audience. “Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect” flows really well. De Waal is a published author with a biology degree, and he is also the director of Living Links Center at Yerkes Primate Center. He is a very good writer and moves logically from point to point. The content in this article works for basic learning, but not in-depth learning. Overall “Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect” is a very good article to learn about synchronization between primates.
Work Cited de Waal, Frans B.M. “Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect.” collections, edited by Kylene Beers, Martha Hougen, Carol Jago, William L. McBride, Erik Palmer, Lydia Stack, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017, Page 123-128.
Article Review Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
1. Explain the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific. First, we wrote an article review for "Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect" and "With Friends Like These." In the reviews it included the author's qualifications, format, content, and research/sources. Then, we picked one of the stories and wrote an outline for our article review. Finally, we typed it, revised the review, and then fixed our errors.
2. What qualifies this paper as an informative essay? What are the requirements for a review and how did you meet them? Informing our readers about the article qualifies this as an informative essay. The requirements include an introduction, hook, transitions, main claim and why it's good or bad, author's background, format, content and the value of the article we chose. I used all the requirements in my essay.
3. What one piece of advice would you give someone writing a review for the first time? Why? Use your opinions and have good reasoning and evidence on why or why not it was good. Provide the essential information like the title, author's name, genre, etc. Most importantly, don't summarize the article.