| This article will show you how to make use of | | | | EskimoT - TeapotU - UnicycleV - VehicleW - WCX - |
| Alphabet Technique to improve your memory.The | | | | X-RayY - WireZ - ZuluIf you find that these images |
| Alphabet system is a peg memory technique similar to, | | | | do not attract you or stick in your mind, then change |
| but more sophisticated than, the Number/Rhyme | | | | them for something more meaningful to you.Once you |
| system. It is a good method for remembering longer | | | | have firmly visualised these images and have linked |
| lists of items in a specific order, in such a way that you | | | | them to their root letters, you can associate them with |
| can tell if items are missing.It works by associating | | | | information to be remembered.Once you have |
| images representing letters of the alphabet with | | | | mastered this technique you can multiply this using |
| images you create for the things to be | | | | other images you can create.Example:Continuing our |
| remembered.When you are creating images for the | | | | mnemonic example of the names of philosophers, we |
| letters of the alphabet, create images phonetically, so | | | | will use the example of remembering a list of modern |
| that the sound of the first syllable of the word is the | | | | thinkers:A - Ace - Freud - a crisp ACE being pulled out |
| name of the letter. For example, you might represent | | | | of a FRying pan (FRiED)B - Bee - Chomsky - a BEE |
| the letter 'k' with the word 'cake'.Tony Buzan in his | | | | stinging a CHiMp and flying off into the SKYC - Sea - |
| book 'Use Your Perfect Memory' suggests using a | | | | Genette - a GENerator being lifted in a NET out of the |
| system for creating vivid images that you can | | | | SEAD - Diesel - Derrida - a DaRing RIDer surfing on |
| reconstruct if you forget them. He suggests taking the | | | | top of a DIESEL trainE - Eagle - Foucault - Bruce Lee |
| phonetic letter sound as the first consonant, and then, | | | | fighting off an attacking EAGLE |
| for the rest of the consonants in the word, using the | | | | with kung FUF - Effluent- Joyce - environmentalists |
| first letters in alphabetical order that make a | | | | JOYfully finding a plant by an |
| memorable word. For example for the letter 'S' (root | | | | EFFLUENT pipeG - Jeans - Nietzche - a holey pair of |
| 'Es') we would first see if any strong images | | | | JEANS with a kNEe showing throughH - H-Bomb - |
| presented themselves when we tried to create a | | | | Kafka - a grey civil service CAFe being blown up by |
| word starting with 'EsA', 'EsB', 'EsC', 'EsD', 'EsE', etc.). | | | | an H- |
| This approach has the advantage of producing an | | | | BombThe Alphabet Technique links the items to be |
| image that you can reconstruct if you forget it. You | | | | remembered with images of the letters A - Z. This |
| might, however, judge that this is an unnecessary | | | | allows you to remember a medium length list in the |
| complication of a relatively simple system. In any case | | | | correct order. By pegging the items to be remembered |
| it is best to select the strongest image that comes to | | | | to letters of the alphabet you know if you have |
| mind and stick with it.One image scheme is shown | | | | forgotten items, and know the cues to use to trigger |
| below:A - Ace of spadesB - BeeC - SeaD - Diesel | | | | their recall.The alphabet system takes a certain |
| engineE - EelF - EffluentG - JeansH - H-Bomb, itchI - | | | | amount of learning.Hope you enjoy this Alphabet |
| EyeJ - JadeK - CakeL - ElephantM - EmptyN - | | | | technique. |
| EntranceO - OboeP - PeaQ - QueueR - ArkS - | | | | |