d. m. arney, m.a.

It’s getting nearer to end of term. Here’s a cool visual trick for studying things like vocab, names, dates, etc. First you look at the thing you need to remember, (alliteration). When you read or say this word, figure out what the first association you have with it is. Example: A lit nation. Whatever your association, make it visual. Colors, shapes and so forth. Try not to have it “sound like” something else. This is called the anchor. Next take the actual definition of the word, (the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.) Last, you take your anchor and put it into a picture of the definition. So in a “lit nation” all the citizen words start with the same letter. You can draw this out at first to help you visualize, but don’t be too detailed. You want a striking, clear image. When you get this down, you can breeze through a large amount of material in a lot less time than you used to. Questions?