Problem:
Using this excerpt from Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects: How could one describe the register levels used in the written or spoken words and how they are used. For example, adaptation of speech or written style to suit a particular audience (is the language formal, consultative, intimate?) used in your chosen works and how they are used.
"I'm a cutter, you see. Also, a sniper, a slicer, a carver, a jabber. I am a very special case. I have a purpose. My skin, you see, screams. It's covered with words-cook, cupcake, kitty, curls-as if a knife-wielding first grader learned to write on my flesh."