Skillo
Log in

Free Year 5 Imagery — simile, metaphor, personi... Practice | Skillo

Skillo provides free Year 5 NAPLAN Imagery — simile, metaphor, personification practice (AC9E5LE04) for Australian students. No signup, no email, no credit card. Practice questions aligned with the ACARA Australian Curriculum v9.0 strand. Open and start in 10 seconds.

FreeNo signupNo emailNo payment

Year 5 students preparing for NAPLAN need to be confident with imagery — simile, metaphor, personification. Examine the effects of imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, and sound devices in narratives, poetry and songs. Skillo has targeted practice questions for this exact skill, mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9.0, free and ready to go.

No account needed. No email. No credit card.

What does the Year 5 NAPLAN Imagery — simile, metaphor, personification test cover?

  • Examine the effects of imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, and sound devices in narratives, poetry and songs.
  • Questions are based on original Australian passages
  • Text types include narrative, informative and persuasive

Try a sample Imagery — simile, metaphor, personification question

Question 1 — Easy

The mountains watched over the valley below in silence. What technique does this sentence use?

A) Simile — comparing the mountains to a watchful person using 'like' or 'as'
B) Personification — giving the mountains the human ability to watch
C) Hyperbole — greatly exaggerating how tall the mountains were
D) Alliteration — repeating the same starting sound in nearby words

Answer: Option B is correct — Watching is a human ability. By saying the mountains 'watched over' the valley, the sentence gives them a human quality — this is personification. There is no 'like' or 'as', so it is not a simile.

Question 2 — Medium

A picture book about migration shows the same child's bedroom in two different countries. In the first image, the room is full of objects — drawings on the wall, a plant on the windowsill, shoes by the door. In the second image, in the new country, the room is bare except for a single suitcase. What does the contrast between the two images MOST suggest?

A) The family was not allowed to bring their belongings to the new country
B) The child finds the new bedroom less comfortable than the one in their home country
C) The comparison shows the loss involved in migration — a full life reduced to what can be carried
D) The new bedroom will eventually look exactly the same as the old one as the child settles in

Answer: Option C is correct — The contrast between a room full of life (drawings, plants, shoes = history, growth, routine) and a bare room with a suitcase (nothing yet accumulated) visually represents migration as a process of reduction and loss — not just of objects, but of accumulated belonging.

Question 3 — Hard

The moon was a lantern hung in the dark. What technique is this sentence using?

A) Personification — giving the moon a human quality or emotion
B) Simile — comparing the moon to a lantern using 'like' or 'as'
C) Alliteration — repeating the same starting sound in nearby words
D) Metaphor — directly describing the moon as a lantern without using 'like' or 'as'

Answer: Option D is correct — The sentence says the moon WAS a lantern — it directly states one thing is another, without 'like' or 'as'. This is a metaphor.

How should my child prepare for Year 5 NAPLAN Imagery — simile, metaphor, personification?

  1. Select Year 5 and Reading on the home screen
  2. Use Quick Practice — questions on imagery — simile, metaphor, personification will appear as part of the session
  3. Check the Skill Breakdown on your profile to track your accuracy on imagery — simile, metaphor, personification specifically
  4. Review explanations after each question to understand the reasoning behind correct answers

Skillo is free, requires no email or account details, and is built specifically for Australian students. Every question is mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9.0 and filtered by skill so your child practises exactly what they need.

Common questions about NAPLAN Imagery — simile, metaphor, personification

Read more about how Skillo protects student privacy →

Is Skillo really free?

Yes. Skillo is completely free for all Australian students — no subscription, no credit card, no hidden paywall. No free trial that converts to paid.

Does my child need an account?

No. Skillo doesn't require an account to practise. Open any page and start immediately — no email, no registration.

Does Skillo collect any personal information?

No. Skillo is built to require zero personal information. No name, no email, no date of birth is collected from students.

Is Skillo affiliated with NAPLAN?

Skillo's NAPLAN-style practice is authored independently. NAPLAN® is a registered trademark of ACARA. Skillo is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ACARA.

No account needed. No email. No credit card.

About this practice

Skillo's NAPLAN-style practice is authored independently. NAPLAN® is a registered trademark of ACARA. Skillo is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ACARA.