rhetorical questions

• Rhetorical questions are basically a requirement for any effective speech. They help to make the speaker’s point more clear, and they often resonate with the audience, prompting them to reflect further on an idea.
• Benefits of Rhetorical Questions

  They can be used in many different ways to:

  • Engage the audience

  • Increase the variety of your presentation

  • Influence and persuade the audience

  • Subtly draw attention and emphasize specific points

  • Introduce topics/ideas

  • Make the listeners think about certain topics
• how to use rhetorical questions in a speech:

  1. engage the audience
  2. personalize your questions
  3. persuade the audience
  4. evoke emotions
  5. emphasize a statement
  6. predict the audiences' questions
  7. answer questions with questions
  8. consecutive rhetorical questions