Persona: The fictional voice (or mask) that a writer adopts to tell a story. Persona or voice is usually determined by a combination or subject matter and audience.
Example:
"You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," but that ain't the matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly."
(Huckleberry Finn, Pg.1)
In this quote we can see that Huck is trying to be his own persona. Mark Twain is Huck, he is hiding behind that "Mask" and he's adopting the persona of Huck.
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