"Daniel Dae Kim statement to the U.S. House Committee"

Question

by Daniel Dae Kim

(1) We cannot simply be painted with the broad brush of assumption that the most successful of us represent the totality of us. (2) Within ourselves we are a proud and diverse diaspora, (3) 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. (4) And attack regardless of where in Asia our ancestry may be from, or more discouragingly, whether we may even be fellow Americans.

Daniel Dae Kim written statement to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, March 18, 2021

Question
Use the passage from the Written Statement of Daniel Dae Kim to answer the question.

Which line from the passage is an example of metaphor?

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Answer 1

The line that is an example of metaphor from the passage is:

1 - "We cannot simply be painted with the broad brush of assumption that the most successful of us represent the totality of us."

This line uses the metaphor of being "painted with a broad brush" to convey that assumptions made about a group based on a few individuals are overly simplistic and inaccurate.