2006-06-16 22:43:24 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
It is a device in the form of a question that makes you aware of something. The person asking the question doesn't expect an answer. I can't think of a good example but that is what it is.
2006-06-16 22:49:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rhetorical questions indicate a question posed for effect, one that requires no answer. Instead, it often provokes thought, lends emphasis to a point, asserts or denies something without making a direct statement, launches further discussion, introduces an opinion, or leads the reader where the writer intends. Sometimes a writer throws one in to introduce variety in a paragraph full of declarative sentences. The following questions are rhetorical: “When will the United States learn that sending people to the moon does not feed them on earth?” “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” “What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world if he lose his immortal soul?” Both reader and writer know what the answers are supposed to be. (1) Someday, if the United States ever wises up. (2) Yes. (3) Nothing.
2006-06-17 05:59:03 · answer #2 · answered by Lover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer. ("How many times do I have to tell you to stop walking into the house with mud on your shoes?").
A rhetorical question seeks to encourage reflection within the listener as to what the answer to the question (at least, the answer implied by the questioner) must be. When a speaker declaims, "How much longer must our people endure this injustice?" or "Will our company grow or shrink?", no formal answer is expected. Rather, it is a device used by the speaker to assert or deny something.
2006-06-17 05:47:57 · answer #3 · answered by sakshi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahaha I get it. This is a rhetorical question. Too funny!
2006-06-17 22:29:08 · answer #4 · answered by EvilFairies 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One that doesn't need an answer!
Why do you ask such a silly question? is an example of a rhetorical question!
2006-06-17 05:48:19 · answer #5 · answered by boneslane1962 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A question asked solely to produce an effect (like to make a point) rather than to elicit a reply.
Example: Someone is telling about their fear of spiders and asks their listener, "Would YOU stick your arm into a box filled with creepy, crawly 8-legged freaks?" They never wait for the answer. The question exists solely to communicate the utter horror of spiders.
2006-06-17 05:54:13 · answer #6 · answered by Jen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Have you lost your mind?" is an example of a rhetorical question
2006-06-17 06:09:26 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Ms. Heart♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you know full well what a rhetorical question is don't you?
2006-06-17 07:35:07 · answer #8 · answered by sir_harold_of_yore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
funny but your question is rhetorical, and if you post it here, you still get answers... then the next question is, what is irony?
2006-06-19 04:06:05 · answer #9 · answered by joann_xvi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A question that you dont expect an answer to. Like when you say "d'you know what I mean?" at the end of a sentence.
2006-06-17 05:47:30 · answer #10 · answered by Amanda C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋