Which of these best describes a mnemonic device?

Answer 1

One example of a mnemonic device is:

In order to help you recall the colours of the spectrum, you learn that each letter in the name Roy G. Biv is the first letter of these colours.

R- red

O- orange

Y- yellow

G- green

B- blue

I- indigo

V- Violet

This makes it easier to remember the spectrum colours.

There is also My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Noodles to remember the order of the planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. People Meet And Talk helps you remember the order of the steps of cell mitosis: Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase. Even math has mnemonics -- Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally helps you remember the order of operations for complicated mathematical expressions: parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction.

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Answer 2

The most popular memory tricks are the following - click on the related question to go the main "how do you memorize" question for details on each one.

• You can use pegwords to remind you of a list of items or terms.
• You can use acronyms or "acrostics" to remember a list of items or terms
• You can use loci or a "mental map" to remind you of a list of items or terms
• You can use the number-letter system to remind you of a list of items or terms
  
• You can use anagrams or "silly sentences" to remember a list of items or terms.
• You can use association or vivid mental images to help remember things.
• You can use rhymes to help you remember things
• You can use grouping to divide large amounts of information to smaller ones

Answer 3

• Name Mnemonics
• Expression Mnemonics
• Music Mnemonics

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Answer 4

A mnemonic device is a saying that someone might make up to remember a specific fact. One example would be a nickname given to someone that has each letter of their name in it.