What is mnemonics?

Mnemonics = My New Memory tonics
M= My 
NE = New 
MO = Memory
(T)ONICS 
        Pronunciation: (RpE: /nəˈmɒnɨk/, AmE: /nɛˈmɑːnɪk/ the first "m" is silent)              

Mnemonic (noun)

       1.   A device (such as a rhyme or acronym) used to aid recall

Mnemonics (noun)

1. The study and development of systems for improving and assisting the memory.
2. A method or system for improving the memory.

Very Common/Popular Mnemonic

Applications of Mnemonics:

1.      Remembering lists 

2.      Numerical sequences 
3.      Foreign-language acquisition

4.      For patients with memory deficits 

Example of Mnemonics:

•   Order of Planets:

My Very Excited Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies

(Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto)

Or without Pluto: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles.

• Order of math operations:

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

(Parentheses, Exponents, Multiply, Divide, Add, and Subtract.)

•   Order of color coding on electronic resistors:

Bad Beer Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well (in) Silver Goblets.

(Black, Blue, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Brown, Violet, Gray, White, Silver, Gold.)

•   For the seven coordinating conjunctions:

FANBOYS: (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.)

•   Mnemonic for the days of the months that have 31 days:

Types of Mnemonics

1.     Acronym Mnemonics

2.     Spelling Mnemonics 

3.     Rhyme or Poem Mnemonics 

4.     Order Mnemonics

5.   Visual Mnemonics

                           AND SO FORTH…… 

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