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Rhetorical Questions and Sustainability

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Rhetorical Questions and Sustainability

A rhetorical question is asked to make a point or prompt thought, rather than to get an answer. Read each task carefully. For writing tasks, answers will vary; check that your rhetorical questions suit the sustainability topic.

Understand rhetorical questions

1.Which sentence is a rhetorical question?
  • Where is the recycling bin?
  • Can one small action help protect our planet?
  • What time does the school bus arrive?
  • How many pages are in this book?
2.Complete the sentence: Writers use rhetorical questions to make readers think or feel something, rather than to ask for a spoken .

Find rhetorical questions in a passage

At lunchtime, Chloe noticed that many unopened snacks were being thrown away. Could those snacks have been saved for later? She suggested that students take only the food they can eat. A class food-share basket might help, too. Wouldn’t it be better to waste less and share more? With a few simple changes, the school could send less rubbish to landfill.

3.How many rhetorical questions appear in the passage about lunchtime food waste?
4.Copy one rhetorical question from the lunchtime passage.

Match each question to its purpose

5.Match each rhetorical question with the purpose it best serves.
  • Who wouldn’t want cleaner air?
  • Should we leave the lights on in an empty room?
  • Isn’t it time to care for our local wildlife?
  • Can we really ignore rubbish in our waterways?
  • Prompt readers to consider saving electricity
  • Invite readers to agree
  • Encourage readers to take action
  • Draw attention to a serious problem

Create and explain

6.Write two rhetorical questions that could encourage students to reduce rubbish at school. Answers will vary; make each one a question that prompts thought rather than asks for a simple fact.
7.Write a short paragraph of 3–4 sentences suggesting one way your school could be more sustainable. Include at least one rhetorical question.
8.In your own words, explain one way a rhetorical question can affect a reader.

2 printable pages

  • Rhetorical Questions and Sustainability, page 1 of 2: Understand rhetorical questions, Find rhetorical questions in a passage

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  • Rhetorical Questions and Sustainability, page 2 of 2: Match each question to its purpose, Create and explain

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