TEXT ANALYSIS

http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20150110-the-quietest-place-in-the-us

I hiked here to listen, not to look.(simple past tense. It is used to express experiences past actions)

Olympic National Park has dominated the thumb of Washington state’s “mitten” since 1938.(present perfect tense. It is used to describe what has been done) A Unesco Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, it protects the hemisphere’s best and largest swathe of virgin temperate rainforest. Ferns and fungus bloom everywhere, even sideways on trunks, while moss and lichen layer Grinch beards along bigleaf maple branches thicker than most trees.(present tense. It is used to express precise details.)

But even more interesting to me was the soundscape.(Past continuous tense. It is used to express personal feelings and perspectives) Natural noises flow undisturbed by humans for quarter-hour stretches here.(present tense. It is used to express precise details.) In fact, the park ranks first among the last dozen places like this in the continental United States.(present tense. It is used to express precise details.) Nowhere in Europe does quiet – the undisturbed heartbeat of the land and its animals – still reign to such an extent.(Simple present tense. It is used to do a comparison) Activists are now pushing to make the Hoh the world’s first quiet zone, the sonic equivalent of a Dark Sky Reserve, by the park system’s centennial in 2016.(Present continuous tense. It is used to express future plans with reference to timetables or schedules)

-Expressive and informative are the most dominant tone of the text. The author generally show his or her opinions about that landscape. Moreover so much information is given to readers. Therefore informative is another dominant tone.