What is mnemonics

 Mnemonics are memory tricks that help you remember information more easily.

They work by connecting something difficult to remember with something simple, familiar, funny, visual, rhythmic, or meaningful.

Examples

• ROY G. BIV → the colors of the rainbow:
  Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
• “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge” → helps remember the notes on the lines of the treble clef: E-G-B-D-F.
• Acronyms:
  HOMES → the Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.
• Visualization:
  To remember someone's name is Rose, imagine that person holding a huge rose.
• Rhymes:
  “Thirty days hath September…” helps remember the number of days in each month.

Why they work

Mnemonics give your brain hooks to hang information on. Instead of trying to memorize isolated facts, you turn them into a pattern or association.