The sun smiled down on the cheerful children.

Meaning: This sentence uses personification to describe the sun as smiling down on the happy children, creating a sense of warmth and happiness.

Choice of Words: Smiled is the past tense of smile, which means to form a facial expression that shows pleasure or amusement. Down means in a downward direction. Cheerful means full of happiness or joy. Children is the plural form of child, which refers to a young person.

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