Using Acronyms to Remember
Information
Forming an acronym is a good strategy
to use to remember information in any order that can
be
remembered. An acronym is a word
that is formed from the first letter of each fact to be remembered.
It can be a real word or a nonsense word you are able to pronounce.
Here is how to form an acronym.
 Write
the facts you need to remember.
Underline
the first letter of each fact. If there is more than one
word in a fact, underline
the first letter of only the first word
inthe
fact.
Arrange
the underlined letters to form an acronym that is a real
word oranonsense
word you can pronounce.
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“HOMES” is
an example of an acronym that is a real word you can use to remember
the names of the five Great Lakes: Michigan, Erie, Superior, Ontario,
Huron: In HOMES, H is the first letter of Huron
and helps you remember that name; O is the first
letter of Ontario, and so on.
“Telk” is an acronym
that can be used to remember the following animals: tiger, lion,
elephant, kangaroo. “Telk” is not a real word, but you
can easily pronounce it. You could also have used “kelt” as
an acronym. Notice that in this example, you cannot form a real word
using the first letter of each fact to be remembered. |
Sometimes two or more of the facts
you must remember each begin with the same first letter. For example,
the acronym “capp” can
be used to remember the following fruits: pear, apple, peach, cherry.
You can use the first letter “p” in the acronym to remember
either “pear” or “peach” and the second letter “p” to
remember the other.
Use the acronym strategy as a way to remember information.
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