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Helpful Mnemonic Devices

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Mnemonic devices are part of your daily life, whether you realize it or not. You might use them to recall the rainbow's colors or the direction to turn a screw. Any technique that aids information retention and improves memory is a mnemonic device. If throwing a coffee cup against your wall helps you remember Brazil leads coffee production, that's a mnemonic device too. These devices can help with tasks like naming guitar strings or the Great Lakes. This list offers easy memory tricks, including ways to increase memory and study. You'll find handy mnemonics to help you remember things like the Doctors in chronological order. Browse this list, vote for the most helpful devices, comment on the bad ones, and add your own trusted mnemonics if they're not already included.

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    Righty Tighty Lefty Loosey

    This code lets anyone tighten or loosen a screw, jar lid, or nuts and bolts.

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    Lazy Cats Don't Move

    To recallthe major Roman numerals, remember: "Lazy cats don't move."

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    HOMES

    Combine the first letters of each Great Lake to form a word to memorize the Great Lakes of North America.HOMES.

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    My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos

    An educated mother! She loves nachos. People, or at least nerds, also like knowing the order of the eight planets:

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    Your Left Hand Is the One That Makes an L

    This device explains itself. If you mix up left and right, the index finger and thumb on your left hand make an L, while the index finger and thumb on your right hand create a web of lies.

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    Roy G. Biv

    Roy G. Bivis an acronym for the sequence of hues that make up a rainbow:

    Red
    Orange
    Yellow
    Green
    Bblue
    Iindigo
    Violet

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    PEMDAS

    PEMDASThis reminds you of the math order of operations. It stands for:

    Pparentheses
    Eexponents
    Mmultiplication and Ddivision (left-to-right)
    Aaddition and Ssubtraction (left-to-right)

    Do the math now.

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    Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

    The notes on the lines of the trebthe clef ascend as follows: EGBDF. Letters mean different things ("every good boy does fine," "every good boy deserves fudge," "even great bugs die flying," among others) orUse them in the mantra "EGBDF, these are the lines on the treble clef." You choose.

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    Knuckle Months

    "Knuckle Months" is a good name for a power violence band and shows how many days are in a month.

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    Large Elephants Jump Slowly and Sink Rapidly

    To remember the seven articles of theUS Constitution, remember that "lLarge elephants jump slowly and sink rapidly":

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    Mrs. Baker

    New lawyers or aspiring criminals want an easy way to remember common felonies. Remember Mrs. Baker:

    Morder
    Rape
    Ssdomy

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    Mrs. Gren

    No longer just your creepy old neighbor, Mrs. Grencan help you remember the processes that define living things:

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    King Henry Died Unusually Drinking Chocolate Milk.

    We rarely use the metric system in the US, but we still know its units of measurement indescending order of magnitude.

    King Henry Died Unusually Drinking Chocolate Milk = Kilo, Hecto, Deca, Unit, Deci, Centi, Milli

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    There's Always Some Red Port Wine Left

    The phrase "there's always some red port (wine) left" helps remember seafaring basics. "Red" means the color of navigation lights on the port (left) side of a ship, unlike green lights on the starboard side.

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    Never Eat Soggy Waffles

    "Never eat soggy waffles"This reminds you picking a brunch spot is serious business and the order of the cardinal directions (clockwise).

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    PVT. TIM HALL

    Since this appears often, here is asimple way to remember the 10 essential amino acids -PVT TIM HALL:

    Pphenylalanine, Valine, Tthreonine

    Ttryptophan, Isoleucine, Mmethionine

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    Idiotic Penguins Make Antarctica Too Cold

    This mnemonic gives wrong info about global warming, but it helps you rememberthe lifecycle of cells:

    Iinterphase
    Prophase
    Mmetaphase
    Anaphase
    Ttelophase
    Ccytokinesis

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    SOHCAHTOA

    Memorizing sine, cosine, and tangent definitions means memorizing SOHCAHTOA, which reminds you that:

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    Eat a Dog Go Barf Everything

    This is the best way to remember string names.EADGBE.Remember this: eat a dog, go barf everything.

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    Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet, and Watch

    Use this mnemonic to remember how to make the sign of the cross at a Catholic mass.

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