How to Remember Things: 10 Memory Tricks to Recall Everything by Arthur Richards

Author:Arthur Richards [Richards, Arthur]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-08-18T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 5: Your ABCs

The Alphabet Memory System is also a peg system like the Number Memory Systems, but it is more advanced. It is more advanced than the Number Systems, as there are more pegs to which you can link information, so it is good for remembering longer lists of sequential pieces of information, or long speeches or poems.

As in the Number Systems, the cues in the Alphabet System are also images of words that are pegged to the letters. The one big difference, however, is that the image words are not chosen according to the first letters phonetic, rather, they are chosen according to its name. The image words first letters name is what determines the image (cake starts with a ‘k’ sound, so it would represent ‘k’, not ‘c’ because the ‘c’ sound is ‘see’).

At the same time, you would choose the name of the first letter of the word you’re trying to memorize (G – Jeans, Nietzche – KNEE – a pair of jeans with a KNEE showing). This has the advantage of always ensuring you remember the first letter of the word you are memorizing,

Again, I will give you an example of this method, but it’s best if you come up with your own:

A – ace card

B – bee

C – sea

D – delight

E – eagle

F – effluent

G – jeans

H – H-bomb

I – eye

J – jail

K – cake

L – elbow

M – empty

N – entrance

O – opal

P – pea

Q – queue

R – ark

S – eskimo

T – teapot

U – unicorn

V – vehicle

W – WC

X – X-Ray

Y – wire

Z – zebra

Using this system, let’s commit the titles of 26 of the greatest novels to memory:

A – Don QUIxote – A KEY on an ace card

B – PILgrim’s Progress – A bee buzzing around a PILL

C – Robinson CRUsoe – A CRUISE boat on a stormy sea

D – GULLiver’s Travels – A delighted GULL who’s found fish

E – TOM Jones – A flying eagle with a TOMato in its beak

F – CLARIssa – A CLARInet with honey oozing out

G – TRIStram Shandy – A man riding a TRICylce in jeans

H – DANgerous Liaisons – A great DANE with an H-bomb dangling from

its mouth

I – EMma – An eye with an EMerald in it

J – FRankenstein – A FRog in jail

And so on.

This system is quite complex and difficult and takes up a lot of time to do well. It may speak to you if you enjoy phonetic play, but otherwise you may prefer to stick to simpler mnemonics.

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