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Rhetorical questions act as if they are questioning you and asking for your opinion so you kind of answer it in your head. Also as if they were putting you in their position, making you more involved with the text.
If I were to ask you a rhetorical question, what would you do?
One way that rhetorical questions may cause tension is because they are not really questions. The person who asks a rhetorical question does not expect nor want an answer. This can lead to some tension in the person who is not agreeing with the speaker.
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The effect is usually that of drawing attention to something, not necessarily related to the question. Occasionally the result is humour or criticism. Often it leads the audience to think about what the answer would be. OR Rhetorical questions make the audience think about an answer to the question but no response is needed. This makes the reader think of all the possible answers, which then becomes memorable to them.
Rhetorical questions act as if they are questioning you and asking for your opinion so you kind of answer it in your head. Also as if they were putting you in their position, making you more involved with the text.
A question without an answer is typically referred to as a "rhetorical question." Rhetorical questions are asked for effect or to make a point, but they are not meant to be answered literally.
Rhetorical questions. And what are questions, answers, and rhetorical-entries, without definitions of their key terms ?
If I were to ask you a rhetorical question, what would you do?
Rhetorical questions make the audience think about an answer to the question but no response is needed. This makes the reader think of all the possible answers, which then becomes memorable to them.
Yes, there are rhetorical questions in the song "I Was Only 19" by Redgum. Rhetorical questions are used to evoke a response from the listener and create a sense of reflection on the themes of war and its impact on soldiers.
Some people ask rhetorical q's to try to prove a point to try to get people to understand the importance they feel something has. If one such question is answer, the purpose is defeated. |?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (THE DOMINO EFFECT)
To annoy the asker
One way that rhetorical questions may cause tension is because they are not really questions. The person who asks a rhetorical question does not expect nor want an answer. This can lead to some tension in the person who is not agreeing with the speaker.
Yes, rhetorical questions typically have question marks at the end to indicate that they are questions, even though they are not meant to elicit a response.
Questions to which no answer is really expected,
The rhetorical situation