Rhetorical questions are questions posed which are not meant
to be answered. They are used to introduce new subjects or
problems.
Example:
Who was
responsible for the genocide? That depends on how the diary
entries are interpreted.
Rhetorical questions are useful to introduce ideas. For example:
Sir Edmund Hillary is credited for being the first man to conquer Mount
Everest. But, who did reach the summit first?
Some believe that Englishman George Mallory, who led an expedition to Everest in
1924, reached the summit first. However, Mallory died on the mountain, and it is
unknown whether he reached the top.
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Who was
responsible for the genocide? That depends on how the diary
entries are interpreted.
