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rhetorical

 adjective
     
rhe‧tor‧i‧cal
1

rhetorical question

a question that you ask as a way of making a statement, without expecting an answer
2 using speech or writing in special ways in order to persuade people or to produce an impressive effect:
a speech full of rhetorical phrases
—rhetorically adverb
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