{"id":22877,"date":"2026-06-21T18:24:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/grade-12-idiom-test-a-point-of-departure\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:33","slug":"grade-12-idiom-test-a-point-of-departure","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/grade-12-idiom-test-a-point-of-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade 12 Idiom Test: A point of departure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For HSC English, what is the meaning of <strong>A point of departure<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>In a less favorable or weaker position<\/li>\n<li>A starting point for discussion, study, or change<\/li>\n<li>Through spoken recommendation or information<\/li>\n<li>To have a lasting and powerful influence<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3210,3209,3213],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-22877","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-decision-making","topic-hsc-english-grammar","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A point of departure<\/strong> means <strong>a starting point for discussion, study, or change<\/strong>. The correct answer is this meaning because the expression is used figuratively, not only by its literal words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The poem became <em>a point of departure<\/em> for the class discussion.<\/li><li>In an HSC essay, <em>A point of departure<\/em> can express this meaning: <strong>a starting point for discussion, study, or change<\/strong>.<\/li><li>When this expression appears in a passage, connect <em>A point of departure<\/em> with the idea of <strong>a starting point for discussion, study, or change<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"In a less favorable or weaker position"},{"right":"yes","answer":"A starting point for discussion, study, or change"},{"right":"no","answer":"Through spoken recommendation or information"},{"right":"no","answer":"To have a lasting and powerful influence"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3203,"title":"Academic Vocabulary","slug":"academic-vocabulary"},{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"},{"id":3209,"title":"Decision Making","slug":"decision-making"},{"id":3213,"title":"HSC English Grammar","slug":"hsc-english-grammar"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22877"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22877"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}