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I am planning on making my research question more clear to the audience.  I definitely appreciate the feedback from another student because even though my research question is obvious to me, I did not realize I did a poor job of making it obvious to my reader.  I am also going to make my personal argument more clear. I am not unsure about any of the feedback, I feel that it is all going to help me improve my essay.

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