Using context, you can see that the word epithet as it is used in this excerpt means a "term used as a descriptive substitute for the name of a person." Which of these other words from the letter is an example
of an epithet?

bildungsroman is a german word for novel covering youth to adulthood which describes a coming-of-age story

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

what was the conclusion

explanation:

since conclusion is the over all summarize.