Tom soruya cevap vermeye başladı ve sonra onun tumturaklı bir soru olduğunu fark etti.
- Tom started to answer the question and then realized it was a rhetorical question.
Bu tumturaklı bir soruydu.
- It was a rhetorical question.
A rhetorical question, for example, is one used merely to make a point, with no response expected.
Are you nuts? Don't answer that - it's a rhetorical question.