How to Memorize a List Using Numbers and Rhyming Words

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Memorize the list above.

   The more unusual and strange the objects are, the better it is for you to remember it. , For instance, pretend that you are trying to memorize the following things: cup, rice, turkey, grass, pencil, sad, computer, guitar, needle, rabbit.
   
   Now take each item and associate them with each number item so that you picture in your mind: one is a bun
   - a cup between 2 buns; two is a shoe
   - a shoe filled with grains of rice; three is a tree
   - a turkey sitting on a tree; four is a door
   - a door covered with grass; five is a hive
   - a pencil sticking out of a beehive; six bricks
   - a bunch of sad-faced bricks; seven is heaven
   - a computer sitting on a mass of clouds in front of the golden gate of heaven; eight is a plate
   - a guitar sitting on top of a plate; nine a glass of wine
   - needles in a glass of wine (ouch!); ten is a pen
   - a rabbit writing something with a pen in his hand. , For example, (if you follow the example shown in this so far) think of the number three: three is a tree.
   
   What is sitting on that tree? Check back to see if you got it right.
   
   Does it work? I hope so, it sure does work for me!
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   Step 2: Since the numbers and the objects rhyme

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   Step 3: you can create your own number objects for numbers eleven and up.

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   Step 4: Take the list of things you need to memorize and picture each item in your mind with the number objects.

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   Step 5: Try to recall these things fifteen minutes later by thinking of a number

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   Step 6: that number's object

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   Step 7: and then the thing you are trying to remember (which is associated with then number object).

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