direct question
Blunt request information
A direct question is one that asks straightforwardly and expects an answer, as opposed to an indirect question embedded within another sentence.
Where are you going? is direct; I wonder where you're going is indirect.
Direct questions end with question marks and typically invert subject and verb.
Thorough examination or tool
- queryRequest for information
- askSeek an answer
- inquireAsk for information
- investigateSeek facts systematically
seek · solicit · demand · challenge · confront · press · pursue · dig
Make something understandable
- specifyState in detail
- pinpointLocate with exactness
- defineState precise meaning
- confirmValidate as true
verify · establish · determine · ascertain · nail down · get straight · clear up · settle
Spoken exchange between parties
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- answerSolution to query
- replyVerbal or written answer
feedback · back-and-forth · Q&A · interview · discussion · face-to-face · one-on-one · impromptu
probe
Thorough examination or tool
investigate · seek · solicit · demand · challenge · confront · press · pursue · dig · examine
clarify
Make something understandable
confirm · verify · establish · determine · ascertain · nail down · get straight · clear up · settle · resolve
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
reply · feedback · back-and-forth · Q&A · interview · discussion · face-to-face · one-on-one · impromptu · spontaneous
who
Person-asking pronoun
why · how · which · whom · whose · open-ended · closed-ended · leading · loaded · rhetorical
- questionsinquiry, query, interrogatives, what, who
- sentencessimple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, declarative, interrogative
direct questionhint
Indirect suggestion
suggestion · insinuation · implication · innuendo · oblique reference
direct questionindirect approach
Nonlinear path to objective
manipulation · subtext · reading between the lines · silent treatment
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