2006-10-09 10:48:04 · 5 answers · asked by john j 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
A rhetorical question is a question asked with no expectation of an answer. It is used as a means of provoking thought. I expect that a rhetorical situation would fall into the same category. It would be a situation presented to foster further thought on the subject.
2006-10-09 10:58:47 · answer #1 · answered by Bearcat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rhetorical question is one you don't expect an answer to. ie. "do you think I'm talking just to hear my own voice?" I've never heard of a rhetorical situation.
2006-10-09 10:57:11 · answer #2 · answered by kat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rhetorical is most commonly defined as something phrased as a question only for dramatic effect, & not to seek an answer, such as "Who cares?" I cannot imagine a rhetorical SITUATION.
I wonder in what context you ask this?
2006-10-09 11:00:08 · answer #3 · answered by Valac Gypsy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would guess, by the definition of rhetorical, for it to be a situation that is exaggerated, such as a funny overdramatic situation.
2006-10-09 11:00:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
one in which you don't want an answer to the situation, you just lay the question out and walk away
2006-10-09 11:01:35 · answer #5 · answered by bev 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋