Re: Elements of the authors work are undeniably autobiographical; however
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11 Aug 2023, 04:00
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The sentence states that parts of the work are autobiographical, but the transition, however, indicates that the second part of the sentence goes in a different direction; that fact, combined with the assertion that the piece as a whole cannot properly be called a historical record, indicates that the work must have been "fictionalized." Write that down for the blank, and eliminate answer choices that don't match. Only fabricated and contrived match "fictionalized," so (D) and (E) are the correct answers. Watch out for documented and catalogued, synonyms that might be attractive because they are words that can be associated with historical records, but they don't contrast with autobiographical.