Excerpt from Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Inaugural Address of March 4, 1933 Yet our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for.

What is the effect of formal language and word choice on the speaker's tone?

Select each correct answer.

It creates a condescending tone.
It creates a conceited tone.
It creates a reassuring tone.
It creates a pessimistic tone.
It creates a determined tone.