"The sun used to smile in my hut". The line is an example of

Step 1: Analyze the question The line is "The sun used to smile in my hut." We need to identify the figure of speech.

Step 2: Key concept

• Personification: giving human qualities, actions or feelings to non-human things or abstract ideas.
• Apostrophe: addressing an absent person, a thing, or an idea directly (e.g., "O Death, where is thy sting?").
• Rhetorical question: a question asked for effect, not to get an answer.
• Zeugma: one word (usually a verb or adjective) applies to two or more words, often with different meanings (e.g., "She lost her keys and her temper").

Step 3: Apply to the line

• "Smile" is a human action. The sun is a non-human object, and it is described as smiling.
• The sun isn't being addressed directly, so it is not apostrophe.
• There is no question, so it is not a rhetorical question.
• There is no single word governing two different objects, so it is not zeugma.

So the sun is being given a human ability (smiling). That is personification.

Step 4: Answer The correct option is B. personification.

Exam tip: When you see a non-human subject (sun, wind, river, death, time) doing something only humans do (smile, weep, dance, whisper, sleep), think personification first. Check for direct address ("O sun...") to separate it from apostrophe.