How to Memorize a List Using Numbers and Rhyming Words

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You can memorize anything by associating the things to be memorized with numbers and pictures in your mind. This method is called a Pegword system.

1	bun	Associate your first item with a bun
2	shoe	Associate your second item with shoes
3	tree	Associate your third item with a tree
4	door	Associate your fourth item with a door
5	hive	Associate your fifth item with bees
6	bricks
7	heaven
8	plate
9	wine
10	pen

Steps

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Memorize the list above.

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   Since the numbers and the objects rhyme, you can create your own number objects for numbers eleven and up. The more unusual and strange the objects are, the better it is for you to remember it.
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   Take the list of things you need to memorize and picture each item in your mind with the number objects. For instance, pretend that you are trying to memorize the following things: cup, rice, turkey, grass, pencil, sad, computer, guitar, needle, rabbit. Now take each item and associate them with each number item so that you picture in your mind: one is a bun - a cup between 2 buns; two is a shoe - a shoe filled with grains of rice; three is a tree - a turkey sitting on a tree; four is a door - a door covered with grass; five is a hive - a pencil sticking out of a beehive; six bricks - a bunch of sad-faced bricks; seven is heaven - a computer sitting on a mass of clouds in front of the golden gate of heaven; eight is a plate - a guitar sitting on top of a plate; nine a glass of wine - needles in a glass of wine (ouch!); ten is a pen - a rabbit writing something with a pen in his hand.
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   Try to recall these things fifteen minutes later by thinking of a number, that number's object, and then the thing you are trying to remember (which is associated with then number object). For example, (if you follow the example shown in this so far) think of the number three: three is a tree. What is sitting on that tree? Check back to see if you got it right. Does it work? I hope so, it sure does work for me!