What does rhetorical mean?

Question

i need a good definition i can't find one anywhere!!

Answer 1

something that is not meant to be answered, for example a rhetorical question..

Answer 2

It means something - usually a question - that does not need an answer. It is used to make an impact or effect, for example, in an essay someone could say 'Is that really a good way to bring up children?' That person wouldn't be expecting to get an answer because they were asking a 'rhetorical' question. What they're really saying is 'That is obviously not a good way to bring up children'.

Another meaning is that it's anything pertaining to (relating to) rhetoric.

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

Answer 3

rhetorical mostly means a question or statement or something that wasn't meant to be answered.

Ex: "why do you have to be so mean?" or "who do you think you are?"

^ Questions that are not meant to be answered

sorry if my explanation is lame >___<

Answer 4

the art of communicating through symbols, ideas about reality.

Sister Miriam Joseph, The Trivium, 1947

Answer 5

it means like,not meant for an answer. like if i say, why did i get a pimple on my face...i would'nt want somebody to say BECAUSE YOU HATE A BAG OF HOT CHEETOS YESTERDAY!!! do you get it?

HOPE I HELPED!!!