ABSTRACT
An interrogative sentence is used to pose a question and it can be divided into several types according to its question form. Generally speaking, such a question implies the speaker’s confidence about what is asked. Sometimes, the confidence is not so strong. There is one point for attention: the affirmative responses depend on the agreement to what is expressed (asked) and the negative ones rely on the disagreement, regardless of whether the yes-no question is in the affirmative or negative form. The yes-no question is formed by adding the interrogative mood in a rising tone at the end of a declarative sentence. The general A-not-A question is formed by contrasting the positive and negative forms of a premise side by side, in order to offer two opposite possibilities for the answer. A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question. It is more expressive than a declarative statement.
