Literal vs Rhetorical Questions | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 35 Public

When someone asks a literal question, they expect an answer. When someone asks a rhetorical question, they are "just making conversation" and don't expect an answer.

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Are you trying to annoy me?

Rhetorical

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How do you turn on this tape player?

Literal

15

What color is your jacket?

Literal

15

You wouldn't be trying to fool me, would you?

Rhetorical

15

Did you look under the couch for your notebook?

Literal

15

Whose turn is it to clear the table?

Literal

15

Why do you always get your own way?

Rhetorical

15

If Joan is home, will you call me?

Literal

15

How many times have I told you not to do that?

Rhetorical

15

Since when are you the boss?

Rhetorical

15

Why doesn't the TV work?

Literal

15

Where was the last place you stopped?

Literal

15

How did the new bus driver do today?

Literal

15

Do you think money grows on trees?

Rhetorical

15

Who won the talent contest?

Literal

15

How am I supposed to know what you're thinking?

Rhetorical

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