A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point. The question, a rhetorical device, is posed not to elicit a specific answer, but rather to encourage the listener to consider a message or viewpoint. Though classically stated as a proper question, such a device may be posed declaratively ...
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(from the article `speech, figure of`) Other common forms of figurative speech are hyperbole (deliberate exaggeration for the sake of effect), as in `I`m so mad I could chew nails`; the ... ...another, who may be present only in the imagination), enthymeme (a loosely syllogistic form of reasoning in which the speaker assumes t...
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This is a literary device used to indicate a question to which no answer is expected: the answer is implied in the question. e.g. Is there such a thing as evil in the human child?
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The poet asks a question without expecting to learn anything from the response, or to pose any diffi
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A question which expects no answer because the answer is implicitly given in the question itself.
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n] - a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered
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a question used for effect, but not necessarily needing to be answered.
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A rhetorical question is a question that is not asked in order to receive an answer, but rather just to make a point.
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noun a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered; `he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions`
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Question, often used by public speakers and debaters, that either does not require an answer or for which the speaker intends to provide his or her own answer (`Does this government know what it is doing?`). Such a question is used as a striking substitute for a statement. Rhetorical questions are not confined to public speaking but are p...
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a statement that is not supposed to be answered
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