Physics textbooks

I chose my genre because I deal with it on a daily basis. From toting them around, to checking for equations, to reading and studying materials for class, there is not a day I do not have my textbooks at hands reach. The genre excited me because it gives me a chance to think more critically as to why authors and publishers choose to select the stylings of covers that they do.

I chose my samples from my library of books that I have at my house. These particular three may cover 3 different subsections of physics, and have 3 different authors, but it is what they attempt to convey which is the most interesting aspect to me.

The most poignant feature of rhetoric that I find myself intrigued by is the imagery. How each image, color, and styling of text, sends subtle messages.

The rules of the genre seem to imply that the title is explicitly stated on the front near the top, along with an author. Other than that, as long as the publisher is included on the binding at least and elsewhere if appropriate, all else is left to the imagination. The rule of title could be broken quite easily. A title could be manipulated to any section of the front, not necessarily at the top. It could be assuaged into art or simply put as something toward the bottom, since it is only briefly looked at before a consideration of the content within is desired. Other than that, the style of text could be the only other manipulated ingredient.