"Rays of sun peeping through the cloud ", the line is an example of

Step 1: Analyze the question The line is "Rays of sun peeping through the cloud." We need to identify the figure of speech.

Step 2: Explain the concept

• Synecdoche: a part stands for the whole (e.g., "all hands on deck").
• Irony: saying one thing while meaning the opposite, or an outcome contrary to expectation.
• Apostrophe: addressing an absent person, a thing, or an abstract idea directly (e.g., "O Death, where is thy sting?").
• Personification: giving human qualities or actions to non-human things or ideas.

Step 3: Apply to the line "Peeping" is a human action. It means to look secretly or quickly, as a person would through a gap or a door. Here the sun's rays are described as doing this. Rays of light cannot literally peep, so the poet is giving them a human behavior.

• Is a part standing for a whole? No, so it is not synecdoche.
• Is there a contrast between what is said and what is meant? No, so it is not irony.
• Is anyone or anything being addressed directly? No, so it is not apostrophe.
• Is a non-human thing doing a human action? Yes, so it is personification.

Step 4: Answer The line is an example of personification, which is option D.

Tip: When you see a non-living thing (sun, wind, sea, moon) performing a verb that only humans or animals do (peeping, whispering, dancing, smiling), think personification immediately. Look at the verb first, because it usually gives the answer away.