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Suppose I'm writing an essay on topic A. My view on A, however, requires the reader to be familiar with certain aspects of other, perhaps seemingly unrelated, topics say B, C, and D. It is not reas...
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System
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2019-12-08T08:18:16Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Bernardo Meurer
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2019-12-08T08:18:16Z (over 4 years ago)
Suppose I'm writing an essay on topic `A`. My view on `A`, however, requires the reader to be familiar with certain aspects of other, perhaps seemingly unrelated, topics say `B`, `C`, and `D`. It is not reasonable to expect that the reader knows these necessary dependent topics a-priori. For example, I'm writing an essay that presents an approach that uses Graph Theory applied to Lacanian Analysis to explain the workings of Satire. Although it's easy for me to explain the Lacanian aspects of it within the main text, it's not reasonable to do so for the concepts of Graph Theory, Complexity Theory, Semiotics, and Linguistics involved. How should I include these dependencies in my essay? Should they be in their own sections, or part of the introduction? Should I introduce them as I need them, instead of having all the descriptions together?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-03-13T23:05:09Z (about 6 years ago)
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