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There exist a wide variety of documents that purport to be white papers. Here is one definition, pulled froom the list below Related Information:

A white paper is a technology or business document that provides background on a project (device, method, etc.) and advocates for it.

Basis in the Rhetoric of Persuasion

As a document that advocates something, the white paper is fundamentally persuasive in nature. And as such, you can expect to see the elements and strategies you see in persuasion, covered elsewhere. That includes:

logical appears
emotional appeals
personal appeals

rebuttals
counter-arguments
concessions
syntheses

However, when you consider the rough-and-tumble world of persuasive rhetoric, concessions and syntheses are not likely to be factors.

Background reports are expected to objective, neutral. Readers expect a white paper to be persuasive about something.

This guide contains readings about white papers, examples, requirements for your white paper, and a planning process for thinking about key details of this assignment:

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