Which statement best describes a text with a cause-and-effect structure?

Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. –"i have a dream," martin luther king jr. what are examples of metaphors in this passage from king’s speech? check all that apply. “time to make real” “our nation” “desolate valley of segregation” “sunlit path of racial justice” “quicksands of racial injustice” “solid rock of brotherhood”

Ineed simplifying this thesis and making it easier to understand for the reader (more concise) "no matter how religious one may be, one’s faith tends to change under unexpected and challenging circumstances."

This is a set of words that begins with a preposition.