In Paragraphs^x, Literature^x, Tenses^x

Hi, There is a passage in my English textbook. In this passage there are two sentences with the simple present tense, in which I think the simple past tense should be used, and they are the following: 1. “there is always a toast” 2. “Many parties, social and political...

The paper is in MLA format and I had some trouble keeping it in present tense, block quoting a speech from poetry, and siting the poetry inside the paragraphs themselves help would be very very appreciated. sorry its so long. also I dont know if i like my closing statement, should I add more or...

"The cowboy was a board-whacker . Each time that he held superior cards he whanged them, one by one, with exceeding force, down upon the improvised table, and took the tricks with a glowing air of prowess and pride that sent thrills of indignation into the hearts of his opponents. A game with a...

Okay thanks. What about paragraph #16? Why doesn't she use present tense instead of past? How does she know what to use? I have wrote something about this story. When you're writing about literature you should write in the present tense right? With this story, it has so many tenses. I...

I don't think English is that complicated, really. I think the main problem is that it just has way too many exceptions. It's a partly deteriorated hodge-podge of a language, and so its difficulty, it seems to me, lies not in the complexity of its grammar but rather in its lack of unity and...