What forms of the past tense do narratives most often use?
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simple past tense
past perfect tense
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Explanation:
The narrative of most stories is written in past tense:
She ignored the knock on the door. In these days of social distancing, she didn’t want to take any chances.
Dialogue (including direct internal dialogue) is written in present tense:
“I need some chocolate to get me through this day. Stat.”
Backstory (events that occurred before the story present) is written in past perfect tense:
She had eaten all the snacks in the house already.
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