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rhetorical

adjective as in wordy; flowery in speech

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After Pericles’ death from plague in 429 B.C., rhetorical and political authority is seized by Cleon, an upstart demagogue who is the “most violent person in Athens” and “the most persuasive.”

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This was a rhetorical question and thus required no answer.

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For rhetorical style, I shall look to Cicero.

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“I believe Lady Constance meant that as a rhetorical question,” Penelope interjected, but the children’s enthusiasm for the topic had already taken over.

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