Lines 1264, 1268-9, 1274, and 1288 all contain strong examples of

Marked by having murdered, he moved into the wilds, ... 1264

With that watcher in Heorot waiting to do battle ... 1268

The monster wrenched and wrestled with him ... 1269

Brought down the hell-brute. Broken and bowed ... 1274

Then in the hall, hard-honed swords ... 1288

Question 3 options:

alliteration

allusion

caesura

kenning

Alliteration

Explanation:

Alliteration refers to a literary device in which an author employs a number of words with the same initial consonant sound closely together in a sentence. Alliteration provides a sense or rhythm and musicality to a sentence. In this example, the author employs alliteration in cases such as "murdered ... moved," "watcher ... waiting" and "wrenched ... wrestled."

The answer is: alliteration.

Alliteration is the occurrence of the same sound or letter at the beginning of contiguous or closely connected words.

In the example lines, each of them contain alliteration. For example:

Line 1264: marked, murdered, moved.

Line 1268: with, watcher, waiting.

Line 1269: wrenched, wrestled.

Line 1274: brought, hell-brute, broken, bowed.

Line 1288: hall, hard-honed.