1.

The article is headlined “ You can stop work stress

wrecking your heath and avoid IBS, heart
trouble and depression
2. ”. The author of the given article is DR ELLIE CANNON
3. . The article is taken from the popular British newspaper “Daily Mail”.
4. The subject matter of the article is to inform the audience about is stress and its consequences, namely
serious illnesses. It’s very important for me that this article offers realistic answer to this problem.
People should do sports, work less and of course relax.
5. The central idea of the article is about stress’s influence on our life. The author tries to help us solve
some problems concerning stress.
6. In my opinion, the style of the article is formal.
7. The composition of the article is in paragraphs and. The article is long and has nine parts. The first part
devotes to description of the author and his stress-control system. The second part reveals the reasons of
stress. The third part points on the ability to control stress. The next part is about the addicted to stress.
The other parts contain some useful prompts to avoid stress and bring it under control or subdue it.
8. I believe that the type of the writing is narrative. The techniques used for beginning and ending are
mentioning background information, stating the reason for writing, summarizing the main opinion.
9. The keys words in the article are: stress, relax, stress triggers, stress-control system etc.
10. The form of the presentation the authors narrative and direct and indirect speech.
11. The vocabulary used in the text is neutral, descriptive, conversational.
The are not so many stylistic devices in the text, but the few of them are:
a. Associated and non-associated simple and compound epithets, such as ‘significant long-term
improvement’, ‘increasing cause of illness’, ‘internal alarm system’, ‘natural relaxation’ etc.
12. I think, this problem touches on not only ordinary people, like workers, doctors and so on, but also their
employers. From my point of view there should be some relaxing rooms and breaks during working
days. It would be a splendid opportunity to satisfy both sides: employer and employee.