Why is it important to include an opposing claim in an essay?

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Answer: You can boost your credibility by acknowledging specific sources who disagree with your position. If you summarize opposing views without attaching them to actual writers, it may appear as though you haven't done your research.

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Repetition is a literary device that has the same sound or words being repeated in succession or in close gaps in a sentence. In it, the same words or phrases are repeated more than once in order to reemphasize the words or phrases.

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