Sentence examples for narrative present from inspiring English sources
The novel's narrative present begins in November 2008.
Most of the worst novels were written in the first person narrative present tense.
The story is told in the narrative present as a recollection of past events by the now-adult Benjamin, the fourth brother.
Byron, however, exists in this novel only as a figure in memory -- constantly evoked, lovingly remembered, but absent from the narrative present.
What's left is a book with all the bigness hidden away, and where even current events are reported as passed ("I hated the narrative present") to make them less immediate, to distance Dorte from how her life has turned out.
So even if you are referring to a specific moment with this kind of narrative present tense, you also have the feeling that it could be happening every day, endlessly.
From whose perspective is the narrative presented?
The fugitive-slave narrative presents a curious paradox.
It is another thing when a narrative presents information that many whites might not wish to hear or to accept.
While they all delivered strong statements during their closing remarks, Clinton's big-picture narrative presented a very clear and compelling image of her America.
The simplistic narrative presented by numerous NGOs and observers from afar is that Israel is refusing to allow building materials to be imported into the Gaza Strip, and as such is the main barrier to reconstruction in Gaza.
