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Echo questions and rhetorical questions
Echo questions and rhetorical questions
Structure:
She did what? / You went where? / Who would want that?
Echo questions repeat part of a statement as a question to express disbelief. Rhetorical questions expect no answer.
Example:
She resigned? She did what? — I can't believe it.
Examples
She resigned?
She did what?
— I can't believe it.
Practice
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