Questions

Epimone (eh-PIM-uh-nee) is the repetition of phrases or questions dwelling on a point. “Remember thee? / Ay, thou poor ghost, whiles memory holds a seat / In this distracted globe. Remember thee?” Hamlet, 1.5.99

Hypophora (hy-POF-uh-ruh) is the raising of a question that the writer or speaker immediately answers. Also called rogatio. “What is honor? A word. What is in that word “honor”? What is that “honor”? Air. A trim reckoning.” Henry IV Pt 2, 5.1.122

Pysma (PIZ-muh) is the asking of a series of related questions. “Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home? / What tributaries follow him to Rome, / To grace in captive bonds his chariot-wheels?” Julius Caesar, 1.1.36

Rhetorical Question (rih-TOR-ih-kul KWES-chun) is one whose answer is so obvious that it is not expressed. Also called an erotema. “For who so firm that cannot be seduc’d?” Julius Caesar, 1.2.320.