yes-no questions
Either-or interrogatives only
Yes-no questions are questions that can be answered with yes or no, as opposed to open-ended questions requiring fuller responses.
Are you coming? and Did she call? are yes-no questions; Where are you going? is not.
Also called closed questions or polar questions.
- interrogativeAsking in nature
- inquiryRequest for information
- yes or noBinary response options
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- thumbs upGesture signaling approval
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