<p>Post which one you picked and your REASONING. I'll go first:</p>
<p>Enigma-edifying</p>
<p>Enigma obviously fits. This is early in the passage, before he compared his vignettes to a prospective work of fiction, therefore there is nothing ficticious about what he's talking about, his father's life. Also, a meaning of edifying, although "archaic," according to dictionary.com, is constructing, which would make sense--constructing a history.</p>
<p>i put puzzlement - fabricating, but i cant remember the question exactly.</p>
<p>puzzlement fabricating</p>
<p>Fable (not real) = fabricating</p>
<p>I put puzzlement-fabricating but I'm starting to think I got it wrong.</p>
<p>we are asked to distinguish between riddle and fable</p>
<p>enigma works for riddle, and a fable can be a story that instructs or uplifts, which is what something that edifies does.</p>
<p>I put enigma - edifying</p>
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enigma works for riddle, and a fable can be a story that instructs or uplifts, which is what something that edifies does.
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<p>That makes perfect sense. . . Yet another question I got right for the wrong reasons, lmao.</p>
<p>I put enigma - edifying too</p>
<p>I am being a bit argumentative (posting in multiple threads) but isn't the primary definition of a fable a story with moral lessons? Like Aesop's Fables? I rarely saw the word being used with negative connotation, even though it's possible.</p>
<p>THIS IS SO DIVIDED</p>
<p>i got puzzlement and fabricating</p>
<p>it seemed to right and so relevant</p>
<p>Enigma-Edifying, because Puzzlement-Fabricating seemed like an obvious answer that they want you to pick but doesn't actually work in context.</p>
<p>i put puzzlement-fabricating</p>
<p>Enigma-Edifying.</p>
<p>Enigma because the facts of his dad's life are a mystery to him.</p>
<p>Edifying because he wants the chance to learn more about his father and he missed that chance in the past.</p>
<p>Enigma-edifying. Why would he learn fake things about his father? The typical usage of fable may connote fabrication, but in context I don't think it does.</p>
<p>Double post - sorry!</p>
<p>yea, i put enigma-edifying, too</p>
<p>But fables are made up stories, aka fabricated stories. I put the puzzlement-fabricating</p>
<p>I think the main point to be underscored is that the word "fabricated" carries with it a negative connotation-- and nothing about the Chinese-American narrative (or whatever it was) carries with it a negative connotation</p>
<p>i put enigma-edifying.</p>
<p>i put enigma-edifying. (10)</p>