Enumeration
A related, but common discourse strategy across the e-magazines, isenumeration, a deliberate attempt to establish a number that
constitutes the sum of qualities that define leadership. Enumeration is
an ordered listing of attributes, qualities, and functions. Although
there is no evidence of “ordering” in the current corpus of texts,
listing is common. Essentially, it is a pattern common among many of the
titles to use a numerical value to identify traits, characters,
behaviors, skills, and habits that the writers deem necessary to define
leadership. An interesting enumeration practice is to list a large
number of personal qualities in texts such as this:
“22 Qualities That
Make a Great Leader” (Entrepreneur , October 28, 2016). The
style of popular media might call for catchy titles. Except in cases
where simplification is attempted, the enumeration appeared to focus on
maximizing a list.