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SUPPORTING TOPIC SENTENCES
ENUMERATION

What is enumeration ?

In this type of paragraph  development , a writer starts with a general class, then proceeds to break it down by listing some or all of its members or parts. If we wanted to show a diagram of the enumerative process, our diagram might look something like this

Model paragraph

                                                There are three basic kinds of materials that can be found in any good library . First, there are books on all subject, both in English and in many other languages. These books are organized according to subject , title and author in a central file called the card catalog. Books can generally be checked out of the library and taken home for a period  of two to for weeks. Second, there are reference works, which include encyclopedias, dictionaries, bibliographies, atlases, etc, and which generally must be used in the library itself. Third, there are periodicals magazines, newspaper, pamphlets which are filed alphabetically in racks, or which have been microfilmed to conserve space. Like reference works, periodicals cannot usually be removed from the library

Topic sentence : There are three basic kinds of materials
                 that can be found in any good library

Kinds or  types	Description/ Examples/ Etc
1. Books	On all subjects, in many languages ; organized in the card catalog; can usually be checked out
2. Reference works	……………………………………………………………………
3. ……………………………

Enumerators…

                                Notice the use of the world kinds in the preceding model paragraph . We will call this word an enumerator since it helps us show the reader exactly what  we are listing or enumerating. In the model paragraph, it kinds of materials. Remember that enumerator s are valuable key words. You should try to put them in topic sentence of enumerative paragraphs. This will help you to organize your paragraphs more clearly; it will also help the reader to follow your train of thought more easily.

                                Writer frequently wish to make a list of other things besides kinds or types. They may, for example, want to talk about : Classes, parts, elements, factors, characteristics, aspects, divisions, subdivisions, categories.

Listing signals & enumerator…

•       Listing signal à First, Second ( or Next ), Third ( or Next) ( or Then),

•                                          Last ( or Finally)

•                                    à The first ( 0r One ), The second ( or Another) (or The

•                                          next) , The third ( or  Still another) ( or The next),

•                                          The last ( or The final)

•       Enumeratorsà kind, type, etc.

Group 1 …

Listing signals
First, Second ( or Next ), Third ( or Next) ( or Then), Last ( or Finally)	There are….. We have…… We should consider…… Etc.	……………………………..

Group 2 ……

Listing signal	Enumerator
The first ( 0r One ), The second ( or Another) (or The next) , The third ( or  Still another) ( or The next), The last ( or The final)	kind Type Etc…	Is…………………………