Different Tenses:
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| Lucarelli, Fosco. "Past Present Future" 09/13/2009 via Flickr. |
Present:
is (10)
talking
standing
take
batting
shines
experience
thrive
struggle
sits
functions
sits
struggling
offers
consists
encourage
making
represents
working
contains
overlooks
ties
pulls
borrowing
adopt
raising
borrow
requiring
pay
grow (2)
relies
leading
bringing
deny
take
rely
stop
allowing
operate
forcing
raise
cut
recovering
Past:
experienced
seen
became
handcrafted
founded
choked
founded
proved
came
was (5)took
made (2)
established
traced
switched
founded
united
has
continued
lied
plagued
imploded
announced
imposed
visited
bought
pushed
offered
Future:
*None
Questions
1. Which tense is the most prevalent in your draft?
The most prevalent tense in my draft is present tense.
2. What effect or tone/quality does the current usage of tense have on the reader/viewer/listener?
The current usage of verbs increase the quality of the piece for the listener because it creates a story with proper tenses for the audience. Without the use of present and past tense verbs, the listener would not know what is current and what is in the past, leading to great confusion within the piece.
3. Do the shifts between different tenses in the piece make sense? How do they flow?
Yes, the shifts between different tenses in the piece make sense. The podcast begins in a present tense when describing the setting and the shareholders within the story. This is in a present tense because it describes the settings and characters as is, in a present sense. Then the podcast switches to a past tense as the controversy is explained due to the controversy being postmortem.
4. If you have not employed any present tense verbs in your piece... Why not?
I have utilized present tense verbs in my piece. I believe that the podcast benefits from having present tense because it is important to explain the state of being first, which is in a present tense.
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