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Memorizing using acronyms or
invented combinations of letters.

Each letter is a cue to,
or suggests,
an item you need to remember.

• Motivating yourself
• Creating a to-do list
• Create, & study with, flashcards
• Memorization
  • acronym
  • acrostic GARBAGE ◄
  • acrostic EGBDF
  • rhymes
  • loci
  • keywords
  • image-naming
  • chaining

An acrostic is a sequence of letters
that helps you remember a poem or other text

Exercise text:

GARBAGE  a poem by Bruce Lansky ( © 2002, www.GigglePoetry.com)
(Whose job is it to take out the garbage?)

Grounds (coffee)
Apple (core)
Rinds (mellon)
Banana (peel)
Anchovies (from pizza I wouldn't eat)
Grapes (too ripe to eat)
Emptying the stinking bag (my job)

Flash exercise contributed by Joe Landsberger

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