– Lastly, use substitution, where you would visualize one thing for another. Imagine the ant kissing up to you as it bakes you a pie. – Associate an action with the memory device. Imagine thousands of overly servile, overly flattering ants, all wearing aprons. – Exaggerate the numbers of the item you are trying to remember. For instance, if you are trying to remember the word “sycophant,” try to remember an overly servile, overly flattering ant that you are “sick of.” (Sycophant means overly servile and flattering.) – Always try to visualize the word or memory device.
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If you are trying to remember that the root word “culp” means “to blame,” you can associate the word culp with gulping when someone blames you for something. – Remember the new item in a ridiculous way and link it something you already know. To get to the good stuff right away, here is an encapsulation of the main principles of memory devices covered in previous articles, although some of what follows is new information: In a prior article on mnemonics, The Study Dude highlighted a number of basic memory device (mnemonic) tips that are the foundation of a good memory system. Revisiting the Rules for Effective Mnemonics: One More Time
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Today’s study tips are based a reading of the book Super Memory Super Student: How to Raise Your Grade in 30 Days by Harry Lorayne. The Study Dude is determined to make right for you all the wrongs I made in grad school?one A+ at a time. I’ll also give you straight and honest opinions and personal anecdotes?even the embarrassing ones that you wouldn’t ever dare read about from any other study tip guru.
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Well, in these articles, as The Study Dude, I’ll try to give you the study tips you need to help make your learning easier. There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than to relate the word “supercilious” with the visual of a big haughty super silly ass/donkey (in addition to learning many others of Harry Lorayne’s (1990) memory devices).