Style of language

The style of language in Neil Gaiman’s “Make Good Art” speech is mostly informal and the speech has an overall conversational tone. Gaiman uses several contractions such as “we’ve” (ll. 129), “you’re” (ll.132), “that’s” (ll. 134), or “I’ve” (ll. 135) which enhance the casual and conversational tone of the speech and make Gaiman seem friendly and approachable.

The exam question asks you to focus on the style of writing in lines 128-145. In this section, Gaiman discusses the importance of making unique and genuine art. Gaiman repeats the personal pronoun “you” or the possessive determiner “your” to highlight the importance of creating art that represents the artist: “the one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. S...