<span>"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 battlefront. But the narrator makes it clear that Mira is beginning to wonder about the anti-war letters she recently sent to the president."
should match with this literary device:
Dramatic Irony.
The excerpt:
"</span><span>Marla, don't tease Sandy about how much she's been eating lately. For all you know she might have another bun in the oven."
should match with this literary device:
Euphemism.
The excerpt:
"</span><span>Unsure if he was really safe from the tiger he spotted earlier, Johan's heart beat quickly as he crouched and listened to the screaming silence of the forest."
