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OpenStudy (thatonegirl_):

4 similes in the I have a dream speech?

OpenStudy (vera_ewing):

Have you read the speech?

OpenStudy (thatonegirl_):

yes i have 3 just need 1 more

OpenStudy (vera_ewing):

"...we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream."

OpenStudy (thatonegirl_):

is any sentence with like or as a simile? like 100% of the time?

OpenStudy (thatonegirl_):

yeah I got tht one

OpenStudy (vera_ewing):

No, not necessarily. "I like to read magazines as I drink soda." This doesn't contain a simile.

OpenStudy (thatonegirl_):

Ok.. I'll reread it and see if i find any others.. Thanks :)

OpenStudy (vera_ewing):

Np :)

OpenStudy (thatonegirl_):

one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls AS sisters and brothers. Is this one? @vera_ewing

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No, because a simile is comparing two things

OpenStudy (thatonegirl_):

Uggh this is a pain.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Haha, tell me what you have so far so i can help

OpenStudy (thatonegirl_):

I have this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope..., until justice rolls down like waters, righteousness like a mighty stream

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay, the first one i believe is not a simile

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh nevermind, sorry about that

OpenStudy (thatonegirl_):

Then I have 2. Which is one sentence that I just split into 2 xD

OpenStudy (thatonegirl_):

Oh ok

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