<span>Defining Stress: Acute and Chronic. Everyone experiences stress in some way, shape, or form. We all recognize when we're in stressful situations, and we all know when we're stressed. ... Acute Stress: Acute stressis the type of stress you experience when you have an immediate reaction to something you're presented with</span>
In a sentence, the words <em>down the stairs </em>would be a A. prepositional phrase, since it begins with the word <em>down, </em>which is a preposition.