The Only Use of
rhetorical question
in
A Separate Peace
- I didn't pay any attention; he was always speaking when his thoughts were somewhere else, asking rhetorical questions and echoing other people's words.†
p. 105.0
Definition:
a question asked to emphasize a point or to generate interest rather than to get information
If you're familiar with the word rhetoric, you can think of this as a question that is asked for rhetorical effect.