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AquaBlue · 02-28-2008, 04:56 AM

Here's a real-life usage of mnemonics. In this case I employed both the Order Method/Link System and the Mnemonic Alphabet. This is a list of words as they appear in my ASL dictionary. With these techniques I can review all the tangible signs anywhere I go (exercising, having lunch or whenever)...they remain in my memory because I associated them to each other and anchored them with animal pegs. Like a mental filing system (organized for when I need to access them). Remember you have to be wildly creative with tons of imagination for this to stick to your brain. Here is my C sign list story.

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Cab: a hungry CAT snatches the butterfly from the air before a cab runs him over.
Cabbage: the cab driver is eating a large cabbage as he drives on.
Cabinet: atop the cab is a cabinet; it’s bouncing on the roof making noise.
Cafeteria: the taxi stops at a very busy cafeteria near the highway.
Cage: outside the front door is a monkey in a small cage.
Cake: he walks in, sits, and orders a slice of chocolate cake and milk.
Calculator: sitting next to the cab driver is an accountant with his calculator.
Calendar: the accountant is making notes in his calendar- cabbie grimaces.
Camcorder: behind the accountant is tourists- one of them holding a camcorder.
Camera: behind that group are Japanese spectators: each one with a camera.
Camper: the Japanese groups exits and drives off in a camper.
Candle: inside the mobile trailer they light a candle and it all burns down.
Candy: a kid watches the scene as he eats his candy.
Cannabis: behind the kid is long hair freak smoking cannabis in plain sight.
Cap: he is wearing a cap to large for his head- so big it covered his eyes.
Captain: captain Gilligan comes up behind the smoking freak and asks for a drag.
Car: a cop car pulls up, with lights flashing, and arrest the two drug addicts.
Card: the cop then plays cards with the candy boy on the hood of the cop car.
Cart: at that a bag lady pushing a cart collides into them.
Carton: the cop reaches into his patrol car and gets a carton of eggs.
Cartoon: he throws the eggs at the Might Mouse cartoon flying overhead.
Cash Register. Might Mouse retaliate by throwing down a heavy cash register?
Cat: instead of hitting the cop, he strikes a cat that is walking nearby.
Catsup: the cat lying dead is not gushing blood like thick catsup.
Cattle: a large gang of cattle rush in and start eating the dead cat!
Celery: after the cattle finished, they return to the celery fields.
Cemetery: they continued passed the fields and entered a spooky cemetery.
Cent: each had to pay a cent in order to enter the graveyard.
Cereal: atop each tombstone was a bowl of soggy cereal.
Certificate: one spilled over and a worker wiped it up with his school certificate.
Chain: he then chained up each cow in the herd to a tombstone.
Chalkboard: he then ran to school and wrote his name on the chalkboard.
Champagne: the teacher didn’t notice- he was drunk from drinking champagne.
Chapel: viewing this the worker ran to the chapel to fetch the pastor.
Checkers: he found the pastor playing checkers with a parishioner.
Cheek: the pastor refused to go so the worker pulled him by his cheek.
Cheese: arriving at the classroom the teacher was atop a big block of cheese.
Cherry: the pupils are in an above ground pool throwing cherries at the teacher.
Chest: the cherries are hitting the teacher on the chest; he’s wearing a breast shield.
Chewing Gum: a country wearing overalls walks in and blows a gum bubble.
Chicken: under his arm is a chicken that peaks at the gum bubble.
Chief: then an Indian chief comes up from under the pool water and says HOW.
Child: a child in the pool sits on the chief’s shoulder as the India climbs out of the pool.
Chimpananzee: Chita the Chimpananzee holds the chiefs hand & walks along with them.
Chocolate: the chiefs offers Chita a chocolate bar he could leave and the chimp takes it.
Choir: The monkey rushes into the music room and starts to conduct the choir.
Cigarette: the monkey falls at the church bells rings; the bellman drops his cigarette.
City: because of that the building burns down and city fire chief arrives.
Cleaners: he is carrying his dry cleaners clean clothes over his shoulder.
Clock: entering the ruins all that was not burned was a big grandfather clock.
Closet: the firefighters turn their head to see the bellman exit a burnt closet.
Clothes: the bellman runs toward the city fire chief and steals his clean clothes.
Cloud: as the thief runs down the street a small dark cloud follows him overhead.
Clown: a clown, with floppy shoes, tackles the running robbers and subdues him.
Coach: a coach, watching the entire thing, signs the clown to join the team.
Coat: the team wins the championship and the clown is awarded a mink coat.
Coffee: he enters the locker room victorious and has a large cup of coffee.
Coin: then the tough clown picks up coin and bends it with his front teeth.
Coca-Cola: suddenly his teammates shower him with Coca-Cola.
Collar: the stud clown just pulls up his mink collar and smiles at his team.
College: after the party, a college recruit tells the clowns he’s won a scholarship.
Comb: the recruit then gives him both a business card and a plastic comb.
Committee: the nervous clown enters the college and finds a committee waiting.
Computer: the committee tells him they need him to fill-out a form on the computer.
Congress: once he finishing the form it is sent to Congress for evaluation.
Contact Lens: a Congressman looks over the form, squints, and his contacts fall off.
Cookie: after inserting them back, he starts eating a chocolate cookie.
Corner: then, suddenly, he stands and bolts around the corner of the room.
Corridor: he races down the corridor and exits the building in haste.
Cosmetics: he enters a department store and hustles towards cosmetics.
Couch: the hipper man, after collecting some lipsticks, rests on a nearby couch.
Cough: a store employee approaches the Congressman and begins to cough.
Court: the store manager decides to take the crazed man to court.
Cousin: the Congressman takes his cousin as a character witness.
Cracker: the judge arrives late and sits on his throne eating a cracker.
Crayon: alarmed, the judge signs his name with a crayon declaring death penalty.
Credit Card: on skid row the Congressman waves his credit cards at the guard.
Cross: the guard turns away and a priest enters the cell room with a cross.
Cry: placing the cross over the prisoner the priest is shocked to see him cry.
Cup: the priest gives the crying man a hot cup of cocoa.
Curtain: the sunlight through the cell window blinds them so the curtain is drawn.