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Eddi Din [679]
3 years ago
10

Select the correct answer. In the following lines from Beowulf, what literary technique has the poet used in the underlined word

s? To many it seemed the wolf-of-the-waves had won his life
A. synecdoche
B. epithet
C. kenning
D. litotes
English
1 answer:
tiny-mole [99]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

B- Epithet

Explanation:

Because in the sentence fragment " wolf-of-the-waves" is a discriptive phrase, referring to Grendel's mother.

Hope this helps- ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

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