Read each description of a story, and then select the letter or letters of the element it shares with an epic. “Everything in the city must be blue!” the Queen decreed, spreading jam onto her toast. “Do not return to our village until you have enough cloth to make everyone in the kingdom clothes of the most vibrant blue!” And just as the word “vibrant blue” had escaped her lips, a blob of red jam fell onto her blue lapel. “What is this most glorious color?” she screamed, as the red jam and the blue of her garment mixed to form a deep purple. “I hate the color blue! Bring me… bring me more of this color instead! Everyone must wear… this color!”

a. elevated language c. historic event

b. extraordinary hero d. defending from a threat