Oral Report about the article:

The incredible life of William Sydney Porter

By: Mateo Paniagua M.

Colegio San Ignacio- Medelln

October 2015

1. Why do you choose the

headline?
I chose this headline because I
wanted something flashy for
my work and my colleagues
were interested in the life of
this important American writer.

2. Why is your article interesting for the audience?

My article is interesting for the audience because I
presented the life of this writer by anecdotes with
which readers are identified.
This causes people to want to read this article.

3. What do you want people to know about this

article?
I want people to know the life of William Sydney
Porter, learn about their literary work and draw
important lessons to apply them in their own lives.

4. Show us the three main topics. Why did you choose

them?
The first topic that I chose was his personal data.
It seems important so I place
the character in a place and a
certain time.

The second topic was the

personal life of the writer. It
seems important because people can know what were
the personal circumstances surrounding it to him.
Thus it is understandable that motivated he to write
his books and also learn valuable lessons for not make
the same mistakes he did.

The third theme was his literary work, it is important

to know what books wrote, about what topics he
wrote, and what was his literary style.

5. Define your article in one sentence.

Life and difficulties of a famous writer
6. What did you like about the stories?
I like the stories were about real
people of the city of New York where
the writer lived. Real people have an
interesting life that is worth to be told.

7. Did you recommend this book to other people?

Why? Why not?
Yes, I did. I recommended these books because they
leave good teachings are easy to understand and
have a good writing style.