Local Revision: Tense Usage

Present :

is
start
working
establish
rebuild
looking
attack
increase
release
trying
overtake
setting fire
flush out
regains
search
arrives
ceases
increasing
approve
deny
think
cover
fending

Past:

established
thought
killed
sent
erected
named
had
overthrown
helped
rebuild
were
was
considered
led
received
denied
ignored
released
produced
sparked
portrayed
stated
walked
played
heard
trapped
alerted
claimed
captured
pulled
seen
evacuated
recovered
destroyed
conducted
held
lied
learned

Questions:

1. Most prevalent- past tense
2. Effect: During description of the attack, more present tense to provide real-time action. However, the story itself already took place so this is set in a way to portray the actions that were not taken in advance.
3. Most present tense: Description of attack. Most past tense: Everywhere else when describing the events before and after the attack.
4. I already used this technique in the description of the attack!