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Noun Concept
Categories: Types of question, Rhetorical techniques, Pragmatics, Articles with short description
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rhetorical question  Do bears shit in the woods  Does a bear shit in the woods  Erotema  Rethorical question
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A statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered WordNet 3.0
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A statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A rhetorical question is a question asked for a purpose other than to obtain information. Wikipedia
Figure of speech in the form of a question, asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer Wikidata
A question to which the asker does not expect an answer. Wiktionary
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He liked to make his points with rhetorical questions WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Are you nuts? Don't answer that – it's a rhetorical question. Wiktionary
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