(Will give Brainliest if 2 people answer) Read the following paragraph.

The office of U. S. vice president is the only one in the federal government that straddles two of the three branches of government: the legislative and the executive. Traditionally, however, vice presidents have chosen to focus on either the legislative or the executive duties, not both.

Which two words from the paragraph help explain what "straddles" means?

A only; one

B two; both

C traditionally; focus

D office; duties

Read these excerpts. lincoln's "gettysburg address." it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. whitman's "o captain! my captain! ". exult, o shores, and ring, o bells! but i, with mournful tread, walk the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use? logos: the use of logic to convince the audience pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings brevity: writing or speaking that is short, brief, and to the point ethos: the use of authority to persuade the audience to act the right way

How does the author characterize theseus in the story? cite evidence from the text in your response

Use a pronoun to refer to two or more singular antecedents joined by or or not