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It's called a 'rhetorical question', and that's any question that's asked by the writer/speaker that is not intended to have a response from the reader/listener
by err4nt 8y ago
It's called a 'rhetorical question', and that's any question that's asked by the writer/speaker that is not intended to have a response from the reader/listener.
- dotancohen 8y agoThat is not what "rhetorical question" means. I don't want to be the grammar nazi, go read on rhetoric as a speaking form.
- fhood 8y ago"a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer." A question not expecting an answer is pretty close to correct particularly in a modern context.