Word of the Day - Rhetorical

[Jace]

Word of the Day - Rhetorical...adj.

Def.: Concerned primarily with style or effect ; showy or overelaborate.

He gave quite a rhetorical speech.

 

[ohioboy]

The USSC has at times decided Defamation cases on the doctrine of Rhetoric Hyperbole.

 

[Ruthanne]

I once didn't know that one of my professors was being rhetorical and raised my hand to answer. Felt kind of dumb afterwards...

 

[Kaila]

Rhetorical questions might not need reply, but they sometimes sure sound like they beg for one, don't they?


(Nevermind answering me; I meant that to be.......
you guessed it, rhetorical......... Or, did you not guess that? )

 

[Kaila]

If you go to a Play, and an actor onstage, asks a rhetorical question;
Do not offer any reply!

 

[Jace]

Kaila...You are "too much"..(that's a compliment!) Love it!
Keep it up!

 

[RubyK]

Sometimes, upon hearing a rhetorical question, I want to say, "Duh!"