Students are taught the five basic text structures (sequence, comparison, cause-effect, description, and problem-solution; Meyer, 1975), along with linguistic signals (clue words such as but ...

When you’re persuading an audience . . . use the Problem-Solution Structure. ... you should spend 15-20 minutes in the problem. Then, give the solution, including the benefits of it to the audience.

In the working world, the answer to that question is taught to be an emphatic "yes." If you're going to point out how something can be improved, you should have a solution prepared to solve it.

Students are taught the five basic text structures (sequence, comparison, cause-effect, description, and problem-solution; Meyer, 1975), along with linguistic signals (clue words such as but ...