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Historical Present

• Definition: A present tense form used in the recounting of a past time event, as in "Yesterday, I go down there and this guy comes up to me...;" generally used for dramatic vividness.

  Source: American English, second edition by Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes