I think the correct answer is B
The literary element in the lines is B. Resolution. Unferth drunkenly and rudely claimed that Beowulf was not as great as Breca and that Beowulf had lost the swimming completion. Those claims cause conflict, which Beowulf resolved with the truth through words. He resolved it by stating the facts and explaining that he was the winner and he actually had more difficulty during the competition than Breca.
D. The city was undergoing a severe unrest.
The story “The Sniper” takes place during a civil war so there is no way that it was A nor C. B would not be correct because there is mentions of guns and rifles breaking the silence of the night.
U can use police brutality as an example for 1