Graduate Writing Advice – Peter Southern

You might try to argue that if the instructor is the target audience for your paper then you can omit facts because it is reasonable to assume that the person setting the assignment should be very familiar with all of the facts underlying their own questions. In reality, you are writing to convince the instructor that you have a clear understanding of the complexities of the question and that you have acquired a body of basic information relating to the key components that comprise a comprehensive answer.