Epiplexis (e-pi-plex’-is): Asking questions in order to chide, to express grief, or to inveigh. A kind of rhetorical question [–the speaker does not expect an answer].
Did you think that invading Iraq was a good idea? What about Afghanistan? Good idea? What about Syria? Good idea? When is war ever a good idea? Never? Sometimes? Later this week?
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu). Bracketed text added by Gorgias.
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