TY  - BOOK
AU  - Klaus,Carl H.
TI  - A self made of words: crafting a distinctive persona in nonfiction writing 
SN  - 1609381947 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Iowa City
PB  - University of Iowa Press
KW  - Essay
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - Persona (Literature)
KW  - Self in literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-83); Your self in writing. Your self and your persona ; Persona and performance ; Content, purpose, and persona ; Self-revelation and self-creation -- Elements of writing and your self. Point of view ; Levels of style ; Organization ; Continuity/discontinuity ; Little words ; Nouns and verbs versus adjectives and adverbs ; Concrete and abstract diction ; Figurative language ; Sentence structure ; Parallelism ; Balance ; Serial constructions ; Periodic sentences ; Quotations -- Reflections on revision, writing, and your self
N2  - In this wise and ingenious little guide, noted essayist Carl Klaus shows you how to adapt your self to the needs of such varied nonfiction, by varying his own persona to illustrate the distinctive effect produced by each aspect and element of writing
ER  -