rhetorical question

listen to the pronunciation of rhetorical question
English - Turkish
cevabı beklenmeyen soru
retorik bir soru
cevabı açık olan soru
(Dilbilim) tümce değerli soru
benimsetme sorusu
English - English
A question posed only for dramatic or persuasive effect
A question to which the asker does not expect an answer

Are you nuts? Don't answer that - it's a rhetorical question.

question whose answer is clear, question that was asked solely for the purpose of making an impression
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"
Question which expects and needs no answer
A question that the audience isn't expected to answer out loud
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
A question asked to induce thought and to provide emphasis rather than to evoke an answer
The author asks his reader a "question" the answer to which is perfectly clear
Question not asked for information but for effect example: The angry parent asked the child, "Are you done interrupting me?" In this case, the parent does not expect a reply, but simply wants to draw the child's attention to the rudeness of interrupting
A question to which no answer is expected, often used for rhetorical effect
the poet asks a question without expecting to learn anything from the response, or to pose any difficulty for the reader, the answer being something that the poet already implies and the reader infers

Related Terms

rhetorical questions
plural form of rhetorical question
rhetorical question

    Hyphenation

    rhe·to·ri·cal ques·tion

    Turkish pronunciation

    rîtôrîkıl kwesçın

    Pronunciation

    /rəˈtôrəkəl ˈkwesʧən/ /rɪˈtɔːrɪkəl ˈkwɛsʧən/
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