Example of Enumeration Paragraph

Is named enumeration paragraph to the paragraphs that state its numbered elements, but the enumeration paragraph specifically focuses on the hierarchy of information.

The hierarchy of the information in the paragraph goes from highest to lowest or from highest to lowest hierarchy or vice versa, from lowest to highest hierarchy.

From highest to lowest: Boss, manager, administrators, employees and mayors.

From lowest to highest: students, teachers, principals, zone supervisors, secretary of education.

It should be clarified that these hierarchies are integrated into the paragraph, it is not a simple paragraph enumeration, like the ones we can see here: example of numbered paragraph enumeration.

A enumeration paragraph It is used to expose a list of information that is linked to each other.

The parts a must have enumeration paragraph are two:

1. The organizing phrase: which indicates which are the elements to be listed in the text, after of this it is necessary to place two points, although they can be done without two points as in the example 1.
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2. The elements of which the enumeration is composed: these can be placed in order of importance and are separated by commas or semicolons as the case may be.

For example: from least to most or vice versa, from largest to smallest, from most common to least rare, from youngest to oldest, or vice versa.

Example of an enumeration paragraph:

Example 1 garden plants:

In my garden I planted five different types of flowers, at the bottom of the garden, the red roses, in the center planter. I put daisies, next to the fountain are hydrangeas and in the planters at the ends are yellow roses and white.

Example 2 factory employees:

A series of employees have been hired in the company, who will receive a salary from next month, they are: the manager, general, the personnel manager, two administrators, three accountants, forty, floor salespeople, nine counter clerks, eighteen cashiers, twelve longshoremen, nine carriers, four janitors, and two nightstands. Each of these will have a different salary, which will be marked according to the minimum wage, in addition to having their benefits.

The sentence that organizes the paragraph is “a series of employees have been hired in the company”

The elements that make up the sentence are:The manager, general, the personnel manager, two administrators, three accountants, forty, floor salespeople, nine counter clerks, eighteen cashiers, twelve longshoremen, nine carriers, four janitors, and two nightstands.

Example 3, the Fonseca Ramírez family:

Mr Fonseca introduced me yesterday to his entire family, He first introduced himself as: Fernando Fonseca del Toro, his wife María Ramírez Pérez and his children Juan José, his daughter Ana María, Esteban, Fernando and Rosa.

The sentence that organizes the paragraph is “Mr. Fonseca introduced me yesterday to his entire family”.

The elements that make up the sentence are: Fernando Fonseca del Toro, his wife María Ramírez Pérez and his children Juan José, his daughter Ana María, Esteban, Fernando and Rosa.