A question that is asked to make a point rather than to get an answer. If you’ve ever been home late, you might have been met with this rhetorical question: "What time do you call this?” The person ...

Rhetorical questions are frequently used in the English language—you’ve probably asked one without even thinking about it. You use rhetoric when you attempt to persuade someone or make a point. The ...

A rhetorical question is a question asked to make a point, rather than get an answer. If you have ever been late, someone might say: 'What time do you call this?' This person doesn't want an answer to ...

Simply sign up to the Work & Careers myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Everyone knows about rhetorical questions, don’t they? Don’t answer that. This figure of speech – a question that ...

From Galatians 4:8 Paul abandons reasonable argumentation as a means of persuading the Galatians to return to what they have learnt from him. He takes refuge to the very special personal relationship ...

A chara, – Brian Cullen (April 13th) continues the worthy discussion of rhetorical questions in the letters page. However, I notice that he terminates his own one with a question mark. I was taught by ...