Memorizing means learning something so that your brain will remember it - to "learn it by heart."
If you have a list to memorize, write the list out, and take the first letter of each word. Using those letters in order, make up a sentence of words that start with the same word, but are funny enough or familiar enough that you can remember them better than the list of terms. For example, if you want to learn the names of the planets in order from the sun outward, here is how you would do it:
You can also remember a list of anything in order by imagining a picture for each number of your list, and imagining the word or term along with that picture. You imagine that:
The above method is called Pegwords - you are "hooking" a new term onto a "peg" that you already have in your memory. You can also use a variation of this called Loci - the word locus (plural: loci) is Latin for place. For the Loci Method, have a vivid mental image of a place you like - this can be rooms or sections in a building, or sights along a drive or walk. Now, see each item on your list in one spot in your mental place - in order to recall the items, just take a mental walk or drive.
Here are other ideas from our WikiReaders:
If you use a thesaurus, you can find synonyms and antonyms for common words that you can use. You could also scan a dictionary for word meanings (you need to know what a word means before you try to use it). Good luck on your venture.
Make a Study Deck - see the link to find out how to do that - for your words, and practice until you know them.
There are a small number of people who can remember everything they have ever seen or heard. If you are not one of those people, you will have to use a memory technique. Here are some good techniques for fast memorization:
To memorize quickly is a little different from just memorizing. If you are trying to improve your speed, you will need to learn how to use one or more memory tricks.
Make sure you have quiet place and are focused enough to concentrate. Also make sure you are not hungry, thirsty or anything that would distract you. Sit at a clean clutter free table and sit upright in you chair. Normal chairs that are on 4 legs are more helpful to keep you from spinning around in a chair. Make sure you take your time. The more you worry the less you will remember.
make a song to a popular or catchy tune
Example
heres 1 for the water cycle
(to the tune of she'll be comin around the mountain)
it goes up as evaporation
then forms clouds as condensation
then falls down as precipitation
Learning a poem or a song is like memorizing any other fact - you start with just a little bit and work up until you have the whole thing memorized. Here are some tips from some of our WikiAnswer contributors:
* Write out a few lines onto a flash card until you have written out the whole poem or song. Then, take a few at a time. Study one card and see if you can repeat those lines. Try not to get frustrated cause that will mess you up tons...
* Read it a few million times before you start trying to actually memorize it, its like a song for musicians-more you practice, more you memorize.
* Learn it slowly. You can't honestly expect to learn a two or three page poem in a few days. My suggestion to learn a few lines at a time and keep adding on it to it. Do this over a period of time.
* Listen to the song and try to get a hold of the tune and music. Then look up the lyrics and sing along with the music..and then try to see if you can sing the song by just looking at the lyrics with no music.
* Keep at it. If you memorize a couple of lines every time, you will soon have the whole thing learned!
Make a song, rhyme, or silly sentence. Songs - sing the terms, words, dates, or whatever you have to learn to the tune of a song you know. It works even better if you can ... Rhyme - make a poem that tells you the information you need to learn. Silly Sentence - take the first letter of each term you need to learn, and make up a new word that starts with that letter. String them into a sentence - you make it a silly one because funny things are easier to remember. Don't see how that helps? How did you learn you ABC's? You sang them to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," didn't you? Do you know all the words to the "Free credit report Dot Com" advert songs? Do you remember that "Thirty days hath September..." and "In Fourteen-Hundred-and-Ninety-Two, Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue"? How about that new student in your class, ROY G. BIV - he tells you that the colours of the rainbow are Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. And you can remember the notes on a music scale by remembering Every Good Boy Does Fine.
Write it as many times as possible
People usually need to repeat something 20 times or more to memorize it. You can write the words, say them aloud, or make a study deck -- see the related question -- to help you memorize words and definitions. You can also use the words in conversations and ask a friend or family member to quiz you.
The fastest way to memorize is to use a mnemonic devise to help you. Click on the related questions below to learn some of the most common Mnemonic Devices!
I memorize difficult words by repeating them several times
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Anything that you learn helps you to learn other things better! When you memorize poetry, you learn how to memorize, and that does help you memorize other things better.
I memorized Scarlatti k. 1 and k. 54 very quickly and they were easy to play.
If you mean house addresses, the best way would be rote memorization. Keep reciting the addresses and have a mental image of who lives there. It takes a little effort, but for just nine things, it's the quickest way.
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Association
Repetition is the primary way to memorize things. Mnemonics can also be a big help. Such things as "George Elders Oldest Girl Rode A Pig Home Yesterday" to spell Geography.
A chimpanzee: they are related to humans and are able to memorize numbers quickly.
Yes they are. They are very intelagent and catch on to things very quickly.
Both.
its a special gift that only some people are born with called photographical memory. its when whenever you look at somthing you memorize it. You cant teach your eyes to do that
It is very busy and very difficult street names to memorize