Rhetorical questions add a level of cheesiness to the paper and unless you are a very good writer, and I mean college professor level, then you will most likely fail at any attempt. Also writing research papers your suppose to be telling the reader what they don't know instead of asking them what is already do know.
Would you take a picture of the passage and show it? I might be able to help.
Answer:
compound
Explanation: because of the compound word ''and"
