While the President acknowledged that some of his judgments “were wrong,” he made no confession of the “high crimes and misdemea
nors” with which the House Judiciary Committee charged him in its bill of impeachment. How does the contrast of informal and formal language within this quotation from the article impact the tone?
a. It creates a demeaning tone that reveals the writer's personal dislike for Nixon.
b. It creates a heavy-hearted tone that shows Nixon believes his actions to have been misguided, but not illegal.
c. It creates a disagreeable tone that shows Nixon is responsible for not taking the charges of impeachment seriously.
d. It creates a vulnerable tone that leads the reader to feel sympathy for Nixon.
