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noun
A rhetorical device where a sequence of rhetorical questions is used to criticise or blame, or more generally, to elicit an emotional response.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric
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noun
a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: rhetorical device
History
From Latin epiplexis (“rebuke”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίπληξις (epíplēxis, “rebuke”), from ἐπιπλήσσω (epiplḗssō, “to chastise”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) (see epi-) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”).
