Rhetorical question ? From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer. ("How many times do I have to tell you to stop walking into the house with mud on your shoes?"). A rhetorical question seeks to encourage reflection within the listener as to what the answer to the question (at least, the answer implied by the questioner) must be. When a speaker declaims, "How much longer must our people endure this injustice?" or "Will our company grow or shrink?", no formal answer is expected. Rather, it is a device used by the speaker to assert or deny something.
FP - Hmm - I think you must have an opinion there. I guess I'm hopelessly naive. Wizard f Oz is pretty popular even though Dorothy is not magically blessed.
Does that mean you're on page 759 because my book only had about 608 pages?
I love Hermione and Harry couldn't have done any of it without her. I guess you know they put JK Rowling as the author because they wanted people to assume she was male or to not be put off buying the book by a female author.
I'd like to think the answer would be 'yes' !! but at least the girl was really clever helping out the boys. I haven't read the last book yet!
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A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer. ("How many times do I have to tell you to stop walking into the house with mud on your shoes?").
A rhetorical question seeks to encourage reflection within the listener as to what the answer to the question (at least, the answer implied by the questioner) must be. When a speaker declaims, "How much longer must our people endure this injustice?" or "Will our company grow or shrink?", no formal answer is expected. Rather, it is a device used by the speaker to assert or deny something.
Chrisb - Gotta love that Hermione!
ReplyDeleteFP - Hmm - I think you must have an opinion there. I guess I'm hopelessly naive. Wizard f Oz is pretty popular even though Dorothy is not magically blessed.
Well,then maybe the world IS ready for a girl named Harry Potter!
ReplyDeleteDoes that mean you're on page 759 because my book only had about 608 pages?
ReplyDeleteI love Hermione and Harry couldn't have done any of it without her. I guess you know they put JK Rowling as the author because they wanted people to assume she was male or to not be put off buying the book by a female author.
What books are you talking about?
ReplyDeleteFP - May be - I wonder!
ReplyDeleteBeccy - The US book has 759. I wonder why yours is longer!! I doubt it could be all those extra u s (humour and colour)
Min - Hodges Encyclopedia of Cabinetry.
I don't know if Harriett Potter would have been as popular or not. I wonder...
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm thinkin' they would. Just 'cause they're so well-written.
ReplyDeleteBut then again, Mindy says I'm a hopeless optimist.
(Yes, you do so, Mindy!)
Beccy - Guess I got that backwards - guess that means we need bigger print or more pictures.
ReplyDeleteFP - I just fon't know.
Corky - Me too!
Stephanie - You are an optimist - but that doen's make it not so!!
I would like to think so, but it is a very good question.
ReplyDeleteNot a Potter fan myself---yet I would tend to put a lot of stock in your Oz analogy.
ReplyDelete(no bias there ;-)