Sometimes they want you to basically answer the questions that way so its easier for them to grade a bunch of papers. I found that several of my college profs didn't want to have to read through a well written paper to "search" for their criteria. They simply wanted a written answer to their questions. This made for EXTREMELY boring and dumbed-down papers on my part, but it got me the A's that I was looking for.
I find it more important to give the individual teacher what they are looking for and highlight that which they discussed in class - it shows you were paying attention. Just my
