---
title: "no-rhetorical-setups"
description: "Flags rhetorical setups that delay the substantive point."
sidebar:
  label: "no-rhetorical-setups"
  badge: "Hard"
search:
  tags: [rule, static, detection]
---

| Property | Value |
| -------- | ----- |
| Kind | Hard rule |
| Engine | `phrase` |
| Tier | `static` |
| Severity | `warning` |
| Intent | `detection` |
| Scope | `text` |

## Why

Make the point directly instead of staging a reveal for the reader.

## Examples

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Column>
    **Flagged**

    What if I told you the filing deadline already passed?
  </Column>
  <Column>
    **Better**

    The filing deadline already passed.
  </Column>
</Columns>

## Turning it off

```sh
lawlint --disable no-rhetorical-setups draft.md
```

Or durably, in `.lawlint/config.json` — see [Configuration](/docs/reference/configuration).