Question

I heard the painting of the engine. the figure of speech used in the line is
a.metaphor
b.simile
c.synecdoche
d. personification ​

Answer 1

d.personification

since painting (and the engine too) are inanimate objects you can be certain that they don't speak therefore if you're *hearing* the painting the FOS is personification

Answer 2

I heard the painting of the engine. the figure of speech used in the line is a personification.

Personalization can be defined as an attribution of human characters to something which is not human in nature or non-human. You can also decide it as the representation of any abstract quality into a human form. It is a figure that represents any abstract quality.