Similes & Metaphors
Your child can spot a comparison in writing, like the snow was like a white blanket. They explain the picture it paints.
In curriculum terms
Understand and identify similes (comparisons using like or as) and metaphors (direct comparisons stating something is something else) in texts, explaining how each creates imagery and conveys meaning
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How to tell they’ve got it
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When your child reads a description like "the moon was a silver coin" or "her smile was like sunshine," can they explain what image the author was trying to create?
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Curriculum alignment
Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
identify authors’ use of vivid, emotive vocabulary, such as metaphors, similes, personification, idioms, imagery and hyperbole
examine the effects of imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, and sound devices in narratives, poetry and songs
identify how images extend the meaning of a text
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.