2007-01-30 00:01:39 · 9 answers · asked by gladmo t 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Rhetorical question
2007-01-30 00:31:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rhetorical questions can have an answer. e.g.
During a speech a politician may say, "Why do I think the Party is behind me?"
He is not inviting anyone to answer as he is just about to launch into a Party Political Broadcast and provide the answer himself.
An example where no answer is required or expected is when someone says, "Who knows?"
Or, as I am alone at the moment, "Why I am I sitting her wasting my time?"
2007-01-30 09:48:39 · answer #2 · answered by CurlyQ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A series of those might be called "Official White House press conference".
2007-01-31 07:22:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
rhetorical questions are not intended to be answered but paradoxes contradict themselves and are unanswerable: A simple one is: 'This sentence is false' Is the sentence is false that means it is right, if it is right it means it is false etc
2007-01-30 10:14:25 · answer #4 · answered by Confused 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rhetorical question.
2007-01-30 08:39:14 · answer #5 · answered by Beau Brummell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Dilemma.
2007-01-31 21:12:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally you call it unanswerable.
2007-01-30 09:04:28 · answer #7 · answered by djoldgeezer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
imponderable
2007-01-30 10:19:36 · answer #8 · answered by Duffer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
insoluble
unsolvable
2007-01-30 08:46:19 · answer #9 · answered by waif 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋