leading questions
Attorney's guided prompts
Leading questions are questions framed to suggest or encourage a particular answer.
A lawyer asking Isn't it true that you saw the defendant? steers the witness toward yes.
The technique appears in courtrooms, surveys, and everyday manipulation.
Leading questions shape responses by embedding assumptions or desired conclusions in the question itself.
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- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- implicativeTending to hint indirectly
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
- cross examineQuestion opposing witness
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