rhetorical+question

Definition:
A question that is asked merely for effect and does not expect a reply. The answer is assumed.

Examples:
"How can people have hope when we tell them that they have no recourse, if they run afoul of the state justice system?" Edward Kennedy, Senate debate on the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, 1968.

"Do fish swim?"

"Are you kidding me?"

"Isn't that ironic!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question

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