Rhetorical questions can increase tension by raising doubt or uncertainty in the reader or listener's mind. They can also prompt the audience to think critically and consider different possibilities, creating a sense of anticipation and suspense. Additionally, rhetorical questions can challenge assumptions and provoke emotional responses, intensifying the overall impact of the communication.
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.
Rhetorical questions create tension by engaging the audience and prompting them to think about the answer, without providing a clear solution. This uncertainty can create a sense of suspense or anticipation, as the audience is left pondering the implications of the question on their own.
Writers use rhetorical questions in scary stories to create tension, engage readers, and make them reflect on the narrative. Rhetorical questions can intensify the suspense and help build a sense of unease in the reader by prompting them to consider the unknown or the implications of the story.
Rhetorical questions. And what are questions, answers, and rhetorical-entries, without definitions of their key terms ?
Rhetorical questions make a person (reader) think, come up with the answer themselves. When people come up with the answer themselves they never find the answer silly or illogical, it is always the best (or in the case of Gothic literature the worst) possible answer. This gives the answer 'impact': what no that can't be true, is it? You can't be saying that.....
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.
To annoy the asker
People ask rhetorical questions to make a point or emphasize a statement without expecting a direct answer.
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.
The rhetorical situation
Bias,Rhetorical questions,
What do i look like ? A fool....