Use the handout on rhetorical modes posted to the right to guide you as you take another look at Baldwin's "Notes of a Native Son." (As I post this, the handout is still in progress; it's about two-thirds ready.) The definitions on this handout barely scratch the surface of these modes, but hopefully you can use them to identify some of Baldwin’s strategies.
Here's your assignment (you don't have anything to write): Come prepared to discuss in detail how Baldwin uses two or more of these rhetorical modes to develop "Notes of a Native Son" and move the reader in particular ways. As always, think of the effects of Baldwin's choices: At any given point in the essay, why would Baldwin write in one mode instead of another?
