Rhetorical+Question


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 * D ****efinition::** Asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information. It comes in the form of a question posed for its persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply.

Definition taken from (oxforddictionary.com)

**Origin:: **1835-45
 * See also::** Aporia, Hypothetical Question


 * Examples ** from text:

1) An example of a Rhetorical Question comes from The Book of Grotesque by Sherwood Anderson. A summary of the example is below: When Sherwood is explaining the history of his life on how he once was handsome and once had many women in love with him. How he once knew people in a different way than most people know one another. Sherwood then states, "At least that is what the writer thought and the thought pleased him." She then asks, "Why quarrel with an old man concerning his thoughts?" She asks this question to state a point and wants the reader to think about the question rather than obtaining a direct question.

2) Another example of a Rhetorical Question comes from The Metamorophoses by Ovid. A summary of the example is below: When Eurydice is about to die in the story, Ovid states, "Dying a second time, now, there was no complaint to her husband (what, then, could she complain of, except she had been loved)?" Ovid asks this question to state the fact that Eurydice was loved by Orpheus and that she should be happy about the fact that she was loved in her lifetime.

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