rhetorical question

Noun

Meaning

a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered

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Synonyms

result solution sign interpretation explanation observation comment justification key feedback remark loose end rhetorical problem rhetorical subject unanswerable question
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Antonyms

return response enquiry solution reaction resolution
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Hypernyms

statement

Examples

he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions Source: Internet

Barbour, p. 342 In summary, the epistle may be said to exhibit a paraenetic style which is "marked by personal appeal, contrasts of right and wrong, true and false, and an occasional rhetorical question". Source: Internet

Abraham is persuasive in the story based on the rhetorical question "Will God sweep away the righteous with the wicked?" Source: Internet

Le Guin argues that these criteria may be successfully applied to works of science fiction and so answers in the affirmative her rhetorical question posed at the beginning of her essay: "Can a science fiction writer write a novel?" Source: Internet

As I said, just a rhetorical question and in theory, I find the concept offensive. Source: Internet

I shouldn’t forget to mention that in parallel, when meeting with journalists, they ask the rhetorical question, will the interview be in Armenian or English? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

rhetorical mode rhetorical point rhetorical problem rhetorical skill rhetorical statement rhetorical subject