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04-26-2007, 11:40 AM
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Sorry to crash, Alpha Gams, but I wanted to share a tip that's always worked for me. I had to memorize poems throughout college (I was an English major), and I always struggled at the end since I went over that part the least. I discovered that if I started with the last line, and added a new line (the previous one) each day, by the time I got to the beginning of the poem, it was simple. So, for instance, I would've learned the Star Spangled Banner:
Day one: Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave. O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Day two: And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave...
and so on
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04-26-2007, 11:49 AM
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Some of us made sheets of paper in red, buff, and green with a line on each and had sis-daughters paste them on their walls...it's impossible to miss them. Flashcards help as well.
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06-29-2008, 11:14 PM
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one of the girls in my pledge class put it as the wallpaper of her laptop and so i put it as my screensaver line by line and it really worked 
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06-30-2008, 07:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SydneyK
Sorry to crash, Alpha Gams, but I wanted to share a tip that's always worked for me. I had to memorize poems throughout college (I was an English major), and I always struggled at the end since I went over that part the least. I discovered that if I started with the last line, and added a new line (the previous one) each day, by the time I got to the beginning of the poem, it was simple. So, for instance, I would've learned the Star Spangled Banner:
Day one: Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave. O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Day two: And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave...
and so on
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That is genius. Why didn't I know this when I was pledging?
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06-30-2008, 07:56 PM
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I've found that for anything I need to memorize (particularly lengthy speeches/speech points) if I reinforce the memorization techniques I use during the day by reading the entire piece all the way through right before I go to bed each night before the event, my brain will process the information more quickly.
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06-30-2008, 11:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Senusret I
That is genius. Why didn't I know this when I was pledging?
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Why didnt you think of just asking it here?
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