How to Memorize Scripts, Poems, Verses

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Steps

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Convert the writer's lines to your thoughts. You can use a / to indicate the end of a thought and a// to indicate the beginning of a new thought.

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   Memorize those "thoughts" . Commit to memory a segment at a time. Start with the first thought and then the next unrelated thought. Begin anew from the first thought, as you memorize subsequent thoughts. Proceeding from the known to the unknown assists in grasping the subsequent thought faster.
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   Use the carrot and stick form of reward and punishment. After the thoughts are committed to memory, pop them over and over in your head. In the beginning reward yourself when you complete the passage without mistake. Give yourself a treat, candy, cake, carrot. When you fail to complete it, "punish" yourself by going back from where you made the mistake to the beginning and start all over again.
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   Use the "right" hemisphere of the brain for memorizing. They say the left hemisphere is best suited to memorization. Try experimenting to know which hemisphere works best, but know when that hemisphere is best suited to memorizing is activated. Memorize "lines" early in the morning when your brain feels as though it's bursting with life. You may be physically tired, but your brain is more receptive, anxious to work. At other times, during the day, pop the lines already committed to memory first, and then work on the unknown script/passage.
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   Read out loud. Read the passage you want to memorize out loud. It helps to memorize it.