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rhe·tor·i·cal ques·tion: noun : Definition: question requiring no answer: a question asked for effect that neither expects nor requires an answer
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rhetorical question (plural rhetorical questions) A question which the asker does not expect an answer to because the answer itself is supposedly obvious.
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R hetorical questions are questions designed to arouse curiosity without requiring an answer. Either the answer will be obvious, or if it isn't apparent, the question will arouse ...
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Mr. Gradgrind's Literal Answers to Rhetorical Questions. People commonly ask empty rhetorical questions that rarely receive any sort of sensible answer.
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DEFINITION. Rhetorical Question ? a question that has an obvious answer (or no valid answer at all). A rhetorical question is a question that has an obvious answer.
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It's a bright early October morning on Capitol Hill. Joe Biden is bounding up the steps of the Russell Senate Office Building, wearing his trademark grin.
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Last week I posed a completely rhetorical hypothetical question about whether or not you would donate money to a starving family on the condition that you would have to give the ...
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The Supreme Court Goes to War - WSJ.com. But they have real differences on Supreme Court appointments. Mr. Obama had nothing but praise for Boumediene, while Mr.
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Back to Rhetorical Question : Example Text: Have you ever heard of a railroad with no tracks, with secret stations, and whose conductors were considered criminals?
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The rhetorical question is usually defined as any question asked for a purpose other than to obtain the information the question asks. For example, "Why are you so ...
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Rhetorical Question: Figure which asks a question, not for the purpose of further discussion, but to assert or deny an answer implicitly; a question whose answer is obvious or ...
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A rhetorical question is an illocutionary act that ... Definition : A rhetorical question is an illocutionary act that : has the direct illocutionary force of a question, and
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Amazon.com: Rhetorical Questions: Studies of Public Discourse: Edwin Black: Books ... From classical antiquity through the Renaissance, rhetoric was the prime vehicle of education ...
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Would it have made any difference if Colin Powell had said then what he says now, about the follies of what we have undertaken in Iraq? Or if Alan Greenspan had said clearly * then ...
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To be or not to be?? ... To be or not to be? ? ~ William Shakespeare on rather he should be gay or not.
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The rhetorical question. To affirm or deny a point strongly by asking it as a question. Generally, as Melanchthon has noted, the rhetorical question includes an ...
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Online edition of journal of politics and culture, with selected articles from print magazine ... It's a bright early October morning on Capitol Hill. Joe Biden is bounding up the ...
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rhetorical question n. A question to which no answer is expected, often used for rhetorical effect.
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A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. ... Definition: A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. The answer may be obvious or immediately ...
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A rhetorical question implies its own answer; it?s a way of making a point. Examples: ?Aren?t you ashamed of yourself?? ?What business is it of yours?? ?How did that ...
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noun . a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply, as ?What is so rare as a day in June??
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The rhetorical question is usually defined as any question asked for a purpose other than to obtain the information the question asks.
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