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What are examples of metaphors in this passage from King´s speech? Check all that apply

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3. "Desolate Valley of segregation"

4. "Sunlit path of racial justice"

6. "Solid rock of Brotherhood"

Step-by-step explanation:

Options:

1. "Time to make real"

2. "Our nation"

3. "Desolate valley of segregation"

4. "Sunlit path of racial justice"

5. "quicksand of racial injustice"

6. "Solid rock of brotherhood"

Metaphors compare two non-identical yet similar objects. Metaphors relate two things indirectly by saying "something is something else" Metaphors compare like-things. Metaphors don't use like and as, unlike similes. Three words from King's text imply metaphors.

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