英语里有一个说法叫做“修辞性问句”。说人话，就是“明知故问 / 明明有答案了还要发问”。

修辞性问句的有两种形式，这两种形式为：

（一）反问句

（二）设问句

一般说来反问句的语气可能比设问句强烈。因为反问句是没有答案的，问句本身就是答案，question其实就是statement；设问句是有答案的，非常有可能是真的抛出提问，但是后面自己回答。

那么，我们有没有可能在独立写作中通过使用修辞性问句来提分？当然可以。（你看，这里就是一个自问自答）

我们以下面这个独立写作题为例，以【同意】为立场，试着用修辞性问句写主体部分的一个段落。

This statement may be stating the commonplace realities. First,doesn’t the following situation happen often between friends? When our friends invite us to some costly entertainment or recreation that is beyond our financial capability, we find a pretext for not being able to afford it rather than tell the truth to decline the invitation. Otherwise, both the friends and us would be awkward. There is another common instance: wouldn’t a friend feel embarrassed or even offended if we were blunt about the friend’s not-so-good outfit or a rip-off deal the friend gets? The honest comment, albeit with our earnest heart for the friend’s good, would however be unpleasant and counterproductive. Also, do we often hesitate a lot or hold our feelings in, when we are not optimistic about a friend’s romance? We are more likely to keep our mouth shut or to use very euphemistic words, aren’t we?