The correct answer is "elevated style".
This is because all of the other options do not belong to a true epic, and fit more with a satire. A true epic is supposed to be serious and present a great deed by the main hero or the heroes.
The correct answer is the second one.
Statement A because I just took the test
The narrator is invited to dinner as an anniversary of sorts that happened a long time ago, where he announced that he built a time machine. And then he arrives dirty and rugged beginning to tell the guests his story