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Which technique does the statement, "The sun smiled down on me," illustrate?

a. personification
b. simile
c. metaphor
d. hyperbole

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This is A. Personification.

The sun is given the human attribute of being able to smile and smiling. The sun cannot really smile but it is behaving as a person and that is why it is personification.
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