Active reading simply means when your reading something, you need to understand what your reading making sure knowing what the charaters are doing or how they are feeling, what is their mood.
Rhetoric gained negative effect when used by politicians, because people began to wonder if they really meant what they said, and whether they would keep up with their words (as in political campaigns, for example).
But in principle, rhetoric could be really positive and it was formed over the centuries, and viewed as the 'art of persuade others'.
The rhetoric was born in the 5th century BC in Sicily, and was introduced to Athens by the sophists, and used in political and judicial circles of ancient Greece.
Nowadays rhetoric is the study of writing, and academic writing divides it into rhetorical modes, considering nine the most common.
<span>Seidman believes we should keep engaged citizens. Engaged citizens keep the government in check and make sure they do not go rampant with power. It also helps build a more stable informed society capable of social and technological progress. This actually helps our society function unlike the other multiple choice options.</span>
They were reciting the Kaddish. It was unusual because they were saying the prayer for the dead for themselves.