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In the following lines from Beowulf, what literary technique has the poet used in the underlined words? To many it seemed the wolf-of-the-waves had won his life A. synecdoche B.…

In the following lines from Beowulf, what literary technique has the poet used in the underlined words? To many it seemed the wolf-of-the-waves had won his life A. synecdoche B.…
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In the following lines from Beowulf, what literary technique has the poet used in the underlined words?

To many it seemed
the wolf-of-the-waves had won his life

A.
synecdoche
B.
epithet
C.
kenning
D.
litotes

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User VertigoRay
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Answer: kenning

Explanation: A kenning is a miniature riddle that usually had two parts and was frequently hyphenated.

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