the name of the term for remembering things pls help?

send securely
♥Ellie♥ asked:

when you are revising for a test or want to remember something important you can make up a little phrase or saying to help you remember.
for example the reactivity series
potassium,
sodium,
calcium,
magnesium,
aluminium,
zinc,
iron,
lead,
copper,
silver,
gold is often remembered as please send charlies monkeys and zebras in lead cages securely guarded.
There is a name for the process of changing information in a phrase or saying like the one above
do you know what it is pleaseeee help me
thanks in advance xx
thanks sooo so much your lifesavers xxx
do you know if there are any free online mnemonic makers



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5 Responses to 'the name of the term for remembering things pls help?'

  1. brisco_4 - April 1st, 2009 at 11:54 am

    I can’t remember whats it’s called. If only I had a mnemonic device to help remind me.

  2. wait wat - April 3rd, 2009 at 11:45 pm

    a mnemonic?

  3. *Sombra* - April 5th, 2009 at 5:26 am

    It’s called a mnemonic.

  4. Lolli - April 9th, 2009 at 9:03 am

    It’s called a mnemonic device.

    Like for remembering the all of the great lakes. You use HOMES. It stands for Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior.

  5. Lucy - April 11th, 2009 at 2:57 am

    A mnemonic device (pronounced /nəˈmɒnɪk/) is a memory aid. Commonly met mnemonics are often verbal, something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something, particularly lists, but may be visual, kinesthetic or auditory. Mnemonics rely on associations between easy-to-remember constructs which can be related back to the data that is to be remembered. This is based on the principle that the human mind much more easily remembers spatial, personal, surprising, sexual or humorous or otherwise meaningful information than arbitrary sequences.


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