Past tense

“Acquainted with the Night,” is another popular work of Frost’s packed full of figurative language starting with the title of the poem. The word “night” is a metaphor for darkness, which can be interpreted as loneliness or depression. The speaker appears to be well acquainted with feelings of sadness. Frost can personally identify with this sense of being surrounded by darkness as he unfortunately endured heavy tragedy in his life: prematurely losing all but two of his six children followed by…

My revision of “Face it, America!” that follows this cover letter reflects what I have learned in English 1021 so far. While revising this essay, I learned when to use present tense in my writing and past tense in my writing when appropriate. In this class, I have learned to use more transitions and appropriate transitions in my writing. My revision reflects this because in my second paragraph where I mention the significance of police officers, I use transition words for every new sentence that…

MAKE SURE YOUR TENSE IS CONSTANT AND DOESN’T SWITCH BETWEEN PRESENT/ PAST TENSE Key Reasons for Colonizing (will make hook later) Pennsylvania is the place where every colonist is treated in the same manner, your social status, religion, and gender does not matter. You will not be persecuted for your religion or beliefs. Colonists in Pennsylvania are very neighborly and help each other out during hard times. No one will covet another man or have reason to harm another. Pennsylvanians’…

This is further emphasized with the phrase that follows “set out to rule the world” the use of past tense transforms the listener to a different time and place -the singers past- this is a way of connecting with the listener and drawing them in, things is the main purpose of poetry, it is the same case in song lyrics. The use of past tense is a way for the writer to take the listener on a journey through the poem, because when they do this they are usually addressing…

These disagreements led to what is called the Cold War, a tense war in which no actual war was broken out just non violent responses to each others advancement in weaponry and space flight. It is called the cold war because nothing ever happened, if an attack did occur it would have been called "the heated war"…

included him” (Baldwin, 7). This flashback to the past shows that even as a young boy, David was uncertain of his feelings and helps represent how long his struggle with finding himself has actually been going on. Jumping from the past to present also provides the reader with an idea as to why David is struggling to find his true identity. When the narrator speaks in the past tense he shares stories of David’s childhood. Hearing about David’s past allows the reader to see that the type of…

Behaviourism Behaviourism is said to be one of the ways of learning a language. According to Skinner (1957, cited in Harmer, 2007), in this method, learners are required to replicate sentences and their correctness is applauded by the teacher and the high frequency of this process increases the students’ condition to develop language effectively in the future. It is supported that “Behaviourism analysis is alive and well, and is making significant contribution in applied language settings”…

the essay was mostly missing, though there was an attempt at paragraphs, there was no citations or indentations. In all honesty, the essay was just a mess due to the grammatical errors. There were common mistakes such as using past tense words in the place of present tense words. One example being the using of the word negatives in the place of negative. The author did not use proper punctuation. In a proper essay, conjunctions should not be used, while in the essay, it was a common occurrence.…

worked for many years as a certified nursing assistant, you will not need to include employers from 15 to 20 years age. An exception to this rule is if you have been with a nursing facility for many years or there is highly relevant information from a past experience. You will need to include your job title, the name of the nursing facility, doctor's office or hospital, the location of the business and the dates that you were employed and your responsibilities in the position. Do not include…

“Under the influence” is a self portrait of Scott Russell Sanders. Sanders use of the present tense in “under the influence” helps make it clear that the memories of his father’s drinking haunt him this way. These memories effect his present relationship with his own son. This essay is personal but delineates the situation of every third family in the world. Sanders essay is personal and public where many readers can associate with their own story. The author initiates his essay describing…