The argumentative essay starts with an introduction.

The introduction is the

gateway into your paper, and it serves two roles. The introduction should
grab your reader's attention and let him or her know what your paper will be
about. Your thesis must also let your reader know what your essay will be
about. By the time he or she finishes your conclusion, the reader should know
what you intend to write about, what you think of that subject, and what
specific statement you intend to prove.

The body is where you stop talking about what you're going to do in your
essay and you start actually doing it. In other words, the body is where you
actually prove the assertion you made at the end of your introduction.
Because the body is meant to do the heavy work of your essay, proving the
point which you want to make, the language in your body will most likely be
less engaging and more basic than the language in your introduction.
Since 1998, due to a legal opinion by U.S. attorney general Janet Reno,
Oregon physicians have used their federal prescribing licenses from the Drug
Enforcement Administration to order controlled substances - usually
secobarbital - for use in terminally ill patients' suicides. However, new
attorney general John Ashcroft was an outspoken critic of the Reno opinion
when he served in the U.S. Senate. He authored a 1997 letter to Reno signed
by seven other Senators urging a contrary opinion, and criticized her final
ruling as "bending the law" to facilitate assisted suicide. George W. Bush also
criticized the ruling and endorsed a bill to reverse it, the Pain Relief
Promotion Act, during the presidential campaign.

The Oregon Health Division's third annual report on operation of the "Death
with Dignity Act," summarized in the New England Journal of Medicine, was
said by the law's supporters to offer "compelling evidence" that the Act "has
given Oregon citizens comfort and control at the end of their lives." Said
Estelle Rogers, executive director of the Death with Dignity National Center:
"Oregon is a model for the nation, a place where doctors and patients alike
approach end-of-life issues with due seriousness and compassion. We believe
it's time for President Bush and the Attorney General to do the same" [U.S.
Newswire, 2/21/01].