Why it is important to include a strong and reasonable counterclaim in your argumentative research essay? a. to establish your credibility as someone who takes the topic seriously b. to give your readers information they would have never found on their own c. to allow you the chance to modify your claim and agree with the opposition d. to appeal to the emotions of the readers so that they agree with you

A. To establish your credibility as someone who takes the topic seriously

By establishing that you know about the counterclaim in your claim, you make your reader know that you´ve studied both sides of the storie and that you´ve come to the conclusion that this is the correct one.

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.