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Match each literary device with the excerpt in which it is used.
euphemism
oxymoron
dramatic irony
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In this story I read, Karen assumes her
sister Mira is flushed with joy at
learning of her eldest son's imminent
return from the battle front. But the
narrator makes it clear that Mira is
beginning to wonder about the anti-war
letters she recently sent to the

i'm sorry i don't understand the question.

answer: i chose a.

explanation:

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.