J. Roth/Study Skills 94

Memory Training Help

Steps to Creating a Useful Catchword or Catchphrase

First, list your items.

Second, select the KEYWORDS (make sure that each keyword is unique).

Third, take the first letters of the KEYWORDS.

Finally, must KEYWORDS be kept in order?

Yes? E Make a catchphrase and you are done.

No? E Are any of the first letters vowels?

Yes? E Make a pronounceable catchword and you are done.

No? E Make a catchphrase and you are done.