The abstract is usually in the past tense due to it showing what has already been studied. Example: “This study was conducted at the Iyarina Field School, and within the indigenous Waorani community ...

“Stop.” It is also common for essays to be written in the present tense. For example, if you were to write an essay about the poem Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker, you could say: The broken water ...

It’s hard to be the one who stays.’ It is also common for essays to be written in the present tense. For example: ‘Stevenson suggests that man is inherently evil by showing the changes in ...