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rhetorical question

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rhetorical question
n.
A question to which no answer is expected, often used for rhetorical effect.
rhetorical question
n
(Literature / Rhetoric) a question to which no answer is required: used esp for dramatic effect. An example is Who knows? (with the implication Nobody knows)
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Noun1.rhetorical question - a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered; "he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions"
statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"
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rhetorical question
n → rhetorische Frage


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She delivered herself of an harangue in which she asked a great many rhetorical questions and answered them with a little bang of one fist upon another.
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