welcome to Madame English YouTube channel in this video you will learn about an argumentative text after you learn about it please make a mind mapping or an infographic of your understanding about an argumentative text before that please like this video And subscribe Madame English YouTube channel thank [Music] you let's start with the definition of an argumentative text argumentative text is a text that is used to persuade someone to do or not do something argumentative text expresses the reasons for an opinion an idea or a [Music] belief these are the schematic structure of an argumentative text first thesis it introduces the issue and the writer's point of view about the issue of the topic second arguments they elaborate and provide several reasons to the readers about the writer's arguments in order to support the writer's point of view about the issue on the thesis [Music] statement third conclusion or reiteration it presents the summary of all the arguments which have been elaborated before these are the language features of the argumentative text in the argumentative text we use modal auxiliaries for example May should and must we also use temporal connectives for example first of all secondly similarly Etc then we use present tenses for example present continuous present tense present future tense and present perfect tense now let's see the example of an argumentative text what do you think of a cashless World a cashless world may sound like like something out of Science Fiction but it is on its way many modern Financial processes and transactions are now taking place without the use of currency to be more specific a cashless Society is one in which financial transactions are conducted without the usage of cash including paper and coin currencies instead all transactions are conducted electronically with debit or credit cards or payment services similarly in a cashless Society financial crime should disappear cash is commonly used in unlawful activities such as illegal gambling or drug trafficking because there is no record of the transaction and the money is easier to launder if the source of the money is unknown money laundering becomes much more difficult when every payment people get is recorded it is more difficult to hide income and evade taxes furthermore going cashless is thought to be more than just handy printing bills and minting coins both cost money businesses must store money obtain more when they run out deposit cash when they have an excess of it and in some situations pay firms to transfer cash safely to defend their branches from physical bank robberies Banks hire massive security teams if people are traveling in a country that supports cashless transactions though they will not have to worry about how much local currency they will need instead their mobile device takes care of everything cash currency is becoming less and less prevalent as a result of several technological and sociological shifts toward digital and virtual Financial transactions however there are other potential negatives to a truly cashless society and only time will tell whether cash has a unique place in society well students now make a mind mapping or infographics of argumentative text on your Notebook thank you for watching please like this video And subscribe Madame English YouTube channel see you on next video