rhetorical question

Description
Rhetorical question is a device that asks a question not meant to be answered.

Annotated Examples

”So the woman- who would be queen very soon, for what is a queen but an ambition pursued— took the sword from the girl’s hand and bid her kneel” — Harrow. A, The Everlasting (see also: aphorism, caesura)

Effect: The sentence collapses political power into personal desire, exposing authority as constructed rather than sacred.