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When do you not use present tense?

Which of the following is in literary present tense?

Literary Present Tense

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1
Which of the following is in literary present tense?
Shakespeare depicts love in many lights.
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Shakespeare was born in 1564.
Many of Shakespeares' plays were set in Italy.
2
When do you not use present tense?
When discussing historical events.
When describing what the author says.
When discussing an event in a book.
When discussing fictional events.
3
Which sentence is in literary present tense?
Austen began her story with an extremely iconic phrase.
Austen begins her story with an extremely iconic phrase.
4
Which is in present tense?
I will run.
I run.
I ran
I was running.
5
Fix this: He stepped down, trying not to look at her, as if she were the sun.
It's perfect how it is!
Yet he saw her, like the sun, without even looking.
He steps down, and tried not to look at her.
He steps down and tries not to look at her.
6
Literary present tense can be used to describe an author's work.
True!
False.
7
In Anna Karenina, Tolstoy describes the drama of a social scandal in 1800's Russia.
Yes, it is in literary past tense!
No, it is not in literary past tense.
8
When describing Emily Brontë's use of words in Wuthering Heights, you would use...
Neither, you would just fangirl over the book!
Literary Future Tense
Literary Past Tense
Literary Present Tense
9
Fix this: I am no bird and no net ensnares me.
I am no bird, and no net ensnared me.
I am a free human being with an independent will.
Its's perfect how it is!
I was no bird, and not net ensnared me.
10
Les Miserables was written by Victor Hugo about the second French Revolution.
Yes, it is in literary past tense!
No, it is not in literary past tense.