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What do you call it in literature, when a character makes a statement, & then says:'isn't it?'/ 'ain't it?'/'don't you think?' for emphasis?

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What do you call it in literature, when a character makes a statement, & then says:'isn't it?'/ 'ain't it?'/'don't you think?' for emphasis?

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E.g. Eddie: 'I think it's too short, ain't it?' Is it something like a ' ______ question,' I swear there's a name for this. Thanks

  • Anonymous

    Question tag or tag question or tail question.

  • Anonymous

    Either Rhetorical - emphasis question needing no response, or subjunctive mood, expressing the possible, (as opposed to actual) with the verb 'to be' (aint)

  • Anonymous

    You call it the same thing "in literature" that you call it in real life.

  • Anonymous

    Rhetorical.

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