Martin Luther King Jr. uses figurative language strategically throughout his letter to promote equality. How does the following instance help accomplish his purpose of challenging the church leaders to take action against racial injustice?

In those days the Church was not merely a thermometer (strictly tells the temperature) that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat (changes the temperature) that transformed the mores of society.

Respond in three to five complete sentences.

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Martin Luther King Jr. uses figurative language strategically throughout his letter to promote equality. How does the following instance help accomplish his purpose of challenging the church leaders to take action against racial injustice?

In those days the Church was not merely a thermometer (strictly tells the temperature) that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat (changes the temperature) that transformed the mores of society.

Respond in three to five complete sentences.

anonymous · Answer

@nirmalnema

anonymous · Answer

Can you help?

anonymous · Answer

@Faith_Rochelle  @fallonbanks @mooshiex  Can you guys help?
I do not understand this at all.

nirmalnema · Answer

@Brianna666   i m really soryy i cant understand it

anonymous · Answer

I think it is asking what figure of speech he uses in those lines . I saw that the he compared to unlike things without using like or as. ( you can decide what figure of speech that is I'm sure ) but other then that it confused me as well . Can you ask your teacher to farther explain the question ?