Draw a straight line across a long piece of paper. Add events in chronological order. Instead of a line, draw a bar, or a wavy line. Add pictures to your timeline. Remember, a timeline is a visual tool and should catch the attention of the person viewing it.
Persona is defined as the role that a person assumes.
For instance, when a young child pretends to be an animal and starts to act as that animal would, the child is taking on the persona of that animal. When an author writes from the point of view of a character other than himself, the author is taking on the persona of something or someone else. Think of some of the stories or poems you have read where the character telling the story is not the author, but is a persona that the author has assumed. A lead to the story is the first few sentences. Unlike other types of writing, where details can be delivered throughout the piece, newspaper articles commonly use a lead to begin the story.