Usage of "rhetorical question"

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Figure of speech in the form of a question, asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer.

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Ús de rhetorical question en anglès

Mr Shorten answered with a rhetorical question: What do people dislike more? 
 News.com.au 

The Eagle did not say anything in response to Richard's rhetorical question. 
 The Complete Rama Omnibus 

I said nothing, assuming that this was just a bizarre rhetorical question. 
 Year Zero 

It was a rhetorical question, but sometimes brought swift and harsh answers. 
 The Irish Times 

Or is it with anything I bake? Kind of a rhetorical question. 
 A taste of magic 

It might have been a rhetorical question, but I answered it anyway. 
 Burnt Offerings 

She sat unbidden and watched me intently, benignly ignoring my rhetorical question: 
 The Capgras Shift 

The last really good rhetorical question in politics was invited rather than posed. 
 The Guardian 

There was no real need to answer that thoroughly rhetorical question. 
 Second Foundation 

The rhetorical question sums up the decrepitude of our political culture. 
 The Irish Times 

It's a rhetorical question but most people's answers will have many common themes. 
 BBC 

I suppose this all is a long rambling rhetorical question for our community. 
 Wired 

I thought that this might be another rhetorical question, but I wasn't sure. 
 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 

The easy way to introduce a cut is the rhetorical question. 
 Radio NZ 

Maybe she should sit before asking the rhetorical question she didn't want answered. 
 No mercy 

I suppose it is a rhetorical question: we are still here. 
 The Irish Times 

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