A question that is asked to make a point rather than to get an answer. If you’ve ever been home late, you might have been met with this rhetorical question: "What time do you call this?” The person ...

Over at HBR, Roger Schwarz shares with us a telling exercise. Glance over the following three questions and see which is genuine–that is, actually opening up the option for the person you’re talking ...

Simply sign up to the Work & Careers myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Everyone knows about rhetorical questions, don’t they? Don’t answer that. This figure of speech – a question that ...

Public speaking has long been regarded as one of the most essential skills for leadership, influence, and impact. From politicians and executives to coaches and educators, the power to speak and be ...

So I have no clue how, the other night at supper, my two kidlets, my visiting father and I got to talking about rhetorical questions (how should I know?), but there it was: By 5:30, we had our soup ...

Who will win the presidential debates? What does each candidate’s use of words say about how he would govern as president? Can Obama’s rhetorical skills lift him to the heights of Lincoln, FDR, and ...

Mr. Gradgrind is the alter ego of Paul Brians, professor of English at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, who sets out to provide specific, concrete answers to life's rhetorical ...

Questions of science, science and progressDo not speak as loud as my heart. [Yes, those are Coldplay lyrics. Congratulations on guessing it right.] Often, and ironically enough, the questions that do ...