An Analysis of The Question of Interrogation in Persian RhetoricalWorks

Rhetoric is the science which surveys sentences and their figurative meanings. One of the important issues in rhetoric is “interrogation”and its secondary meanings. Interrogative sentences abound in literary works and are used for presenting a variety of concepts. Most often interrogative sentences do not seek to make the unknown understand, which is their main purpose. In spite of the importance of interrogative sentences, there are problems and deficiencies in Persian rhetoric works dealing with these sentences. Considering the definitions and examples of interrogative sentences proposed in rhetoric works, this study will survey the subject of interrogation through the examination of some of the important Persian rhetoric works. Survey of these definitions and examples reveals that someissuesneed to be revised in these works. Some difficulties and deficiencies of these works include: mere imitationofArabRhetoric, inattention to changes in the meaning ofsometitles inArabic and Persian languages, inconsistencies betweensecondary meanings and their examples, inattention to selecting a proper title, incorrectreading of poems and lack ofknowledgeof rhetoricresearchers about themeaning of poems.