Question
Using the passage from the Written Statement of Daniel Dae Kim to answer the question. Which line from the passage is an example of a metaphor?
A. We cannot simply be painted with the broad brush of assumption that the most successful of us represent the totality of us.
B. Within ourselves we are a proud and diverse disapora
C. but to those who believe the foolish rhetoric of terms like the "China virus" or the "kung flu," which some of the members of this very body have been heard to utter, all that matters is that we look different -- different enough to attack.
D. And attack regardless of where in Asia our ancestry may be from, or more discouragingly, whether we may even be fellow americans.
A. We cannot simply be painted with the broad brush of assumption that the most successful of us represent the totality of us.
B. Within ourselves we are a proud and diverse disapora
C. but to those who believe the foolish rhetoric of terms like the "China virus" or the "kung flu," which some of the members of this very body have been heard to utter, all that matters is that we look different -- different enough to attack.
D. And attack regardless of where in Asia our ancestry may be from, or more discouragingly, whether we may even be fellow americans.
Answers
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The line that contains an example of a metaphor is:
A. We cannot simply be painted with the broad brush of assumption that the most successful of us represent the totality of us.
In this line, "painted with the broad brush of assumption" is a metaphor comparing generalizations about a group of people to being painted with a broad brush, implying that such assumptions do not accurately represent the diversity and individuality within the group.
A. We cannot simply be painted with the broad brush of assumption that the most successful of us represent the totality of us.
In this line, "painted with the broad brush of assumption" is a metaphor comparing generalizations about a group of people to being painted with a broad brush, implying that such assumptions do not accurately represent the diversity and individuality within the group.