with the object it refers to. e.g. Pitter patter, pitter patter Raindrops on my pane. R h e t o r i c a l Questions A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer.
e.g. And what is so rare as a day in June? 10th - - I was just thirty-seven when my Uncle Philip died. A week before that event he sent for me; and here let me say that I had never set eyes on him.
He hated my mother, but I do not know why. She told me long before his last illness that I need expect nothing from my father’s brother. He was an inventor, an able and ingenious mechanical engineer, and had much money by his improvement in turbine-wheels. He was a bachelor; lived alone, cooked his own meals, and collected precious stones, especially rubies and pearls.
From the time he made his first money he had this mania . As he grew richer, the desire to possess rare and costly gems became stronger. When he bought a new stone, he carried it in his pocket for a month and now and then took it out and looked at it. Then it was added to the collection in his safe at the trust company.