Computer will not recognize an external microphone

When I click with the right button on the audio button and select recording devices, only my internal microphone comes even though I have an external microphone plugged.  Can you please tell me how to get the computer to recognize the microphone?  I'm on Windows 8.1, and it is a Dell Inspiron 15, 5000 series.

Thank you!

Thank you.  Yes, it's a 5547.  Then I will try to download the driver from Realtek.  Also, I had no idea there were microphones with different numbers of segments.  Wow!

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