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erotesis - definition and examples of erotesis
A rhetorical question implying strong affirmation or denial. ... Erotesis--(rhetorical questions)--are used to emphasize the literal truth. ...
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epiplexis - definition and examples of epiplexis
Asking questions to reproach rather than to elicit answers. ... Figures of SpeechCopia: Raymond Queneau's Exercises in StyleTool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis ...
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rhetorical question - definition and example of rhetorical question
A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.
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What Is a Rhetorical Question - Rhetorical Strategies - Types of ...
The purpose of this figure of speech is not to secure a response but to assert or deny a point implicitly. A rhetorical question may serve as a subtle way ...
http://grammar.about.com/od/rhetoricstyle/f/faqrhetquest07.htm
tag question - definition of tag question
(Letter from Sonus, a hearing-aid company, quoted in "Rhetorical Questions We'd Rather Not Answer," The New Yorker, March 24, 2003) ...
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Homer Simpson's Rhetoric - Figures of Speech from Springfield's ...
One particular type of rhetorical question favored by Homer is erotesis, a question implying strong affirmation or denial: "Donuts. ...
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Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis - Definitions and Examples of ...
In classical rhetoric, the five overlapping offices or divisions of the rhetorical process. rhetorical question A question asked merely for effect with no ...
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Rhetorical Terms by Type - Glossary of Rhetorical Terms - Figures ...
Asking questions to reproach rather than to elicit answers. erotesis A rhetorical question implying strong affirmation or denial. ...
http://grammar.about.com/od/terms/a/rhetermstype07_2.htm
Glossary of Grammatical and Rhetorical Terms - Ecphonesis to ...
A rhetorical question implying strong affirmation or denial. ethopoeia Putting oneself in place of another so as to both understand and express his or her ...
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question mark - definition and examples of question mark
"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? ... of colonrhetorical question - definition and example of rhetori. ...
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