Excerpt from Laughter May Be The Best Medicine
Cheryl Nason, BS, MEN
Here are some results of research into the relationship between stress, work and wellness:
1. Forty five percent of a sample of coronary patients spent more than 60 hours per week on their job.
2. Job stress has been associated with high cholesterol levels, increased heart rate and increased smoking.
3. Blood pressure was higher among employees who said they did not understand what was expected of them.
4. "Responsibility for people on a job is more likely to lead to heart disease than having responsibility for things.
5. Executives who are poor delegators have 8 times as many ulcers as good delegators.
Which technique does the writer use to strengthen the argument that stress affects health and wellness?
A)
uses personal testimonies from heart attack survivors
B)
provides statistics to show the connection between stress and poor health
quotes heart surgeons who have operated on patients with high stress jobs
D)
provides charts and graphs to illustrate a connection between stress and
stroke

B) provides statistics to show the connection between stress and poor health

Explanation:

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  the conflict is the challenge the main character need to solve to achieve their goals, is the major literary element because creates challenges in the story by addin uncertainty to if the goal would be achieved. in the story could be more than a single conflict, in fact, most of the stories have a diversity of them. the resolution creates a closure that may or may not be the end of the story.

  the basic types of conflict have been classified as "person againsta nature", "person against person" and "persona against self". nevertheless the basic types, some authors think that it could be more than only three types, for instance:

  i´m gonna give you a little summary about the three basic types that i think are the one importants for the question

  the confict involves stories where characters are against each other, is an external conflict, as in a gun fight or a robbery or it could be more subtle between the desires of the characters as in a love story. this type of conflict is very common in traditional literature, fairy tales and myths.

  is an external conflict between the character and an animal or a force of nature, like a tornado,a storm or even a rain. a great example of this is ernest hemingway´s "the old man and the sea"   in which the main character struggle with a marlin when he was fishing.

  in this case the conflict is internal, the character must overcome her or his own nature or make a choice between two paths.

  i hope the answer is correct and you. regards