2007-08-22 04:40:21 · 15 answers · asked by concentricreducer 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
you didn't really want me to answer a rhetorical question did you?
2007-08-22 04:46:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than to receive an answer.
Rhetorical questions encourage the listener to reflect on what the implied answer to the question must be. When a speaker declaims, "How much longer must our people endure this injustice?" or "Will our company grow or shrink?", or "How many times do I have to tell you to stop walking into the house with mud on your shoes?"; no formal answer is expected. Rather, it is a device used by the speaker to assert or deny something
2007-08-22 11:48:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's a question that isn't supposed to have an answer... for example..... if a professional soccer player got hit by a car, and lost a leg, and someone asked "are you ok?" that is a retorical question, because clearly he isn't ok, because he is in great pain and lost his career.
ok, that was a little harsh, but it's the first thing i thought of off the top of my head....
2007-08-22 11:50:25 · answer #3 · answered by Ivy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know.
But a rhetorical question is a question to which the questioner doesn't really expect an answer. It's posed for effect only.
2007-08-22 12:09:32 · answer #4 · answered by nontarzaniccaulkhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a question you ask which doesn't need answering, you're just asking it to make a point.
2007-08-22 11:49:06 · answer #5 · answered by adacam 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A question that does not require an answer x
2007-08-22 11:44:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
So you thought it would be appropriate to put this question into the physics section, did you?
2007-08-22 12:43:42 · answer #7 · answered by Jellicoe 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One that provides the answer as the question is asked.
2007-08-22 11:44:24 · answer #8 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
How about, "What's this doing in the physics section?"
2007-08-24 10:45:38 · answer #9 · answered by andy muso 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a rhetoric question is a question that you already know the answer
2007-08-22 11:54:03 · answer #10 · answered by nellie 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋