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rhetorical question

–noun

a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply, as “What is so rare as a day in June?”

[Origin: 1835–45

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rhetorical question
n. A question to which no answer is expected, often used for rhetorical effect.

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rhetorical question
noun
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"

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rhetorical question

A question posed without expectation of an answer but merely as a way of making a point: “You don't expect me to go along with that crazy scheme, do you?”

[Chapter:] Conventions of Written English

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