How to memorize words that makes any subject easier to learn.
Learning How to memorise a list of words will help you to take on any subject and memorize it.
* Each time you have a list of words, associate and convert them into images.
* And each time you convert them into images, go through the questions below;
* And once you find the images for each word, you can either place each image into a premade Memory Palace, or assign it to a prememorized peg list.
* Or you can pair-link two words together, and again place it into the location or the peg to store the words.
The words system can be used for memorizing;
A Book, poems, quotes, lines in plays, names, songs, facts, and everything else in between!
Convert the word into a tangible object
Let’s say that your first word in the list was an “Egg”.
You can simply imagine an Egg that is sitting in your fridge.
This would not require you to convert it into an image as it’s already a tangible image you can visualize very easily.
Intangible Abstract images
So what happens when you don’t have a ready made image?
We will chunk the word down into bitesize manageable words, and find a final image for it.
No matter what abstract word you get, you must always find an image for it. Remember that our brain memorize words only by its supported images. So you must convert all abstract words into tangible images.
Let’s see an example of a word list to memorize;
Words to memorize;
Trust | Address | Super | Punch | Extend | Jotter
Now let’s go through questions to find the images for the list of these words;
What does it look like? What type of object is it?
What does it sound like? What Does Rhyme Like? What sounds does it have when it works or does something?
What does it remind you of? Does it remind you of another object, person, place?
What colour is it? Is it one colour? Or a few mixture of colours?
What size is it? How big would you say this object is?
By answering each question, you will be able to find images for each word.
What does Trust look like?
It looks like to me as “two people shaking hands on a trust agreement”
What does it sound like or Rhymes Like?
What sounds does it have when it works or does something?
It sounds like a little clap by each person just before shaking hands.
What does it remind you of?
Does it remind you of another object, person, place?
It reminds me of a “Handshake” of two businessman.
What colour is it? Is it one colour? Or a few mixture of colours?
Hands with arms both wearing a blue suit and white shirt.
What size is it? How big would you say this object is?
Two Lifelike arms and hands.
So what happens when you can’t find an easy straight image for it?
We chunk the word into at least two or more parts first.
And find an image for each chunk.
Then by adding those chunked images, we arrive to a final image for the word.
Our next word is “Address”.
Let’s chunk it into two parts with the question of;
“What does it sound like or Rhymes Like?
To me it sounds and rhymes like “Ad” + ” Dress”.
So I can now use a tangible image as “A Dress”
Let’s now ask the rest of the questions;
What does A Dress look like? What type of Dress is it?
I have to now choose a type of a dress.
When I think of a dress, I immediately think of a “Wedding Dress”.
What colour is it? Is it one colour? Or a few mixture of colours?
This is an easy one. Most wedding dresses are white, so I’ll go with a white dress.
What size is it? How big would you say this object is?
It’s the size of a person who would fit in it, so it’s lifelike size.
I’m sure you got the idea of finding images for the abstract words.
Now let’s find the images for the rest of the words, and then we will place them into a storage.
Super: I think of Superman.
Punch: I think of a “Boxer’s Glove“.
Extend: I chunk the word here into: Ex “Eggs” + tend “Tent” = Eggs In A Tent.
Jotter: I think of a “Jotter Pad“.
Let’s see now how we can memorise our words, with our images.
Memory Palace Method With Six Locations.
Prepare a palace with as many locations needed for each word.
We have six words so we will need six locations to store six words.
Words-Images to memorize;
Trust: Handshake
Address: A Wedding Dress
Super: Superman
Punch: Boxer’s Glove
Extend: Eggs In A Tent
Jotter : Jotter Pad
Simply place each image into each location in your memory palace. Mentally walk the journey to see each image. And translate it back to words while seeing the images in your mind.
Memory Palace With 3 Locations using the Pair-Link Method
Prepare 3 locations palace to memorise 2 words at a time by pair linking both images.
Trust + Address = Handshake + A Wedding Dress
It’s simple enough. Just imagine and visualize yourself; “Handshaking with a Wedding Dress”
And place that image into the first location in your memory palace.
You now have two words memorized in a single location.
Next two Pair-Link:
Super + Punch = Superman + Boxer’s Glove
Imagine and Visualize; Superman Punching With A Boxer’s Glove
Last Pair-Link
Extend + Jotter = Eggs In A Tent + Jotter pad
Imagine and Visualize; Eggs In A Tent with Jotter Pads coming out of each egg.
Memorize The Words As A Continues Story By using The Chain-Linking Method
Another way to memorize these six words is by a continued story using the chain-linking method.
Words to memorize;
Trust | Address | Super | Punch | Extend | Jotter
Images:
Handshake | Wedding Dress | Boxer’s Glove | Eggs In A Tent | Jotter Pad
Chain-Link example with The Story Method Using a Single Starter Location
You are at a wedding. You go to the bride, and handshake with her wedding dress instead of her hand, you notice she is getting married to Superman who is sitting next to her, he didn’t like the idea of you handshaking her dress, so Superman punches you wearing a Boxer’s Glove, and carries you to his Tent with full of huge Eggs inside the Tent, you pick up one of the eggs, crack it open, and find a Jotter Pad.
Here we used a starting location that would make sense to the story.
However you can simply choose a memory palace with a single room as your starting location, and make your story happen in it.
I personally memorise 3 words at a time. It gives me a fast chain-link for the mini-story. I then place this into the first location in my memory palace, and use the next 3 by chain linking a mini story, and place that into my second location, and so on if I were to memorize a long list of words.
Memorize The Words With Pegs
One more way to memorize words is to use a peg list. And pair-link the words with your pegs.
Words to memorize;
Trust | Address | Super | Punch | Extend | Jotter
Images:
Handshake | Wedding Dress | Boxer’s Glove | Eggs In A Tent | Jotter Pad
Pre-memorized Number Shape Pegs from 1-6
Magic Wand | Swan | Butterfly | Chair | Unicycle | Golf-Club
So lets Pair-Link “Magic-Wand” with “Handshake”
Imagine and Visualize; You are Handshaking with a Magic Wand.
Next is Swan with the Wedding Dress;
Imagine and Visualize; A Swan is Pecking Into The Wedding Dress.
Next is Butterfly with Superman
Imagine and Visualize; A Butterfly Flying with Superman’s Cape.
Next is Chair with Boxer’s Glove
Imagine and Visualize; A Chair is being punched by a Boxer’s Glove.
Next is Unicycle with Eggs In A Tent
Imagine and Visualize; A Huge Unicycle running into a Eggs In A Tent.
Next is Golf-Club with Jotter Pad
Imagine and Visualize; You are swinging and hitting with A Golf-Club a pile of Jotter Pads.
Pair Linking, And Or Chain Linking Word Images To Your Pegs
Remember what we did when we pair-linked and chain-linked the items together?
Why not do the same with the pegs?
You’ll have less pegs to use and more words to memorize.
* Pair link the two words first, and link that to the first peg.
* Or Chain Link a mini-story and link that to the first peg.
* And do the same with the rest of the word-images.
How did you do? Have you managed to memorize all six words?
Great! Now you are on your way to have the winning word power memory in your hands for life.
Here are some more words examples to give you some more ideas;
Beauty – The Beast from the movie Beauty and the Beast. I remember it very well, so it’s the Beast character from the cartoon that reminds me of the word Beauty and I can just imagine that image to remind me of it.
Bravery: Mel Gibson Fighting Very “Bravely” in the movie Brave heart. So Mel Gibson is the image for me for the word Bravery.
Courage – This is a little different, I imagine an Old car which is my old Ford Escort that used to give me all sorts of trouble, it was an old banger.
Cour – Car | age – Old = Old Car (My old Escort).
So my Old Ford Escort is the tangible image I use.
Coldness – Eskimo person | Ice Cubes Nested | A Nurse who is cold and shivering.
Charity – Oxfam is the most famous Charity shop, and the logo of it is my image.
Also, Cha is Tea in many languages, so a Cha Tea could also be a good one to use.
Strength – Muscular Arm
Romance – Rome & Lovers Kissing. The famous Pisa Tower and a couple kissing.
Luck – Shamrock four leaf clover
Victory – V sign with fingers
Wealth – A pile of paper money bills (Stack of dollar bills or any type of money)
I see Bill Gates soon as I see the word Wealth.
Service – Hotel reception Bell.
Customer Service – Headband | Handsfree Headset with a Microphone.
Sleep – Pillow
Memory – Brain
Thought – Hands on my Head
Energy – Albert Einstein (E = Mc2) | Laser beam | Electric Cable
Pair Link Them Together
Once we find the matching images, we can then pair link the two together that makes sense.
Examples;
Violence – Violins.
My nephew is a musician hitting me over the head with his Violin. I hit back with my violin. Some violence there 
Service – Hotel reception Bell.
Imagine you keep hitting the bell at a Hotel Reception and nobody comes and you keep shouting “Service please, anyone here?”
Coldness – Cold Nurse.
Your Nurse arrives your house cold and shivering and puts on the heat/radiators etc.
Beauty – The Beast is Marrying the Beauty walking down the aisle.
Once you practice these images initially with a mini-story-link a few times, it will just appear as tangible images and you won’t even need the story-link anymore.
Enjoy!
How To Memorize The Lines In A Play
Your word skills are going to be very useful to you if and when you are faced with taking a role in a play on the stage. Or perhaps you are already a stage performer and want to improve your skills further.
Rote Memorize Your Lines
When you get your lines, simply go over your lines a few times by rote memory.
This is to simply repeat the lines over and over until you have it memorised.
Pick A Word From Your First Line. Use this as the Keyword reminder.
What you need is a mnemonic reminder image to give you the indication of what you have to say in your first line.
Let’s say your first line is; “I’ll be waiting for you at the bar. See you soon.”
Next, choose a word that you can convert into an image immediately
What you are looking for in a tangible image, so it’s easier to remember. Don’t go for abstract words unless you have to. Always find an easy tangible image for the word you choose. For example; If the word was an “Egg”, then it will be easy to remember as it’s already a tangible image.
Let’s say you choose a keyword as “The Bar” from your first lines which is easily imagined and visualized as it’s already a tangible image. Imagine an image of a Bar at a typical airport.
Next, look for the “Cue Word” from The Other Actor, so that you can start your first line.
To do this; you look to hear your chosen word, or the last word, as known as the “cue” word of the other actor. So when you hear the key word that you pick, you know that it is your turn to start your first line soon.
Let’s say the line from the other actor was “Meet me at the airport.” before you start your first line.
Pick a word from this line. Let’s say you pick the word “Airport“, and an image of an “Airplane” to support your chosen word.
Now you have the “Cue Word” from the other actor as “The Airport“,
and your own keyword from your first line as “The Bar“.
The Other Actor: “Meet me at the airport.”
You: “I’ll be waiting for you at the bar. See you soon.”
Now here it’s gets easy.
What we do is to Pair-Link >>> The Airplane with The Bar.
Imagine and Visualize; The bar at the airport has a mini Airplane at it’s entrance.
So you see the Airplane first at the entrance, and then walk into the bar to meet up with the other person for your next lines.
There you have it. You have memorised your first line by way of picking two images, and connecting them by pair linking the two together. Soon as you hear “The Airport” from the other actor, you already know it’s your line coming up soon.
You then repeat this process with the rest of your lines.
How to memorize the order of your “Cue Words” of the other actor together with your own lines in the correct order
So now that you know how to memorize your lines, how do you keep the order of the lines without any confusion?
The most popular methods are;
Memory Palace – Recommended!
Create a memory palace based on the amount of locations needed. So if you have 100 lines, you’ll need 100 locations memory palace for all your lines along with the “Cue” words in a pair-link.
The Peg palace
To follow the order of the links such as;
Number Shapes Pegs (100 pegs from the shaper system)
Number Rhymes Pegs (30 Pegs I have listed in “Memory Training Page)
Number System Pegs (Major System – 100 pegs)
Number Person Pegs (Dominic System 100 persons)
Alphabet System Pegs (26 Pegs each journey)
Everyday Object Pegs (20 most popular items)
Office Items Pegs (at least 20 office items)
A Grand total of 386 pegs which is more than enough for a small play.
Memory Palace Method – Recommended!
What you need is a memory palace with enough locations to hold your pair links, or your chain links.
With a Memory palace, you can simply mentally walk back to each location to see your saved images.
The Story or The Journey Method
The story method is by chain linking all the words following a journey in a story to connect the pairs together. This is also very effective method however I don’t recommend it as you may get a broken link that you can’t recall which would then get you in all sorts of trouble with your lines and can make the play almost unplayable!
Peg Palace Method
Because they are numbered, it’s easy to follow the path starting from number shapes, then number rhymes, and so on using the Peg palace. The only downside of using the pegs here is that you won’t be able to use the same pegs for any other subjects as the pegs will become permanent pegs saved with other permanent information. So when using the peg palace, it’s recommended that you always use a memory palace instead.
Read this page from the top again as all of this is already explained in detail so that you can decide which method will work the best for you.
Spaced Repetition With Your Lines – A Must Do.
Make sure to visit your memory palace mentally to see each location with its own images at different time intervals.
For example; Revisit your palace mentally;
1 Hour Later
6 Hours later
12 Hours Later
A day Later
A week later
More if and when needed.
Using these methods with good practice, you’ll almost always get your lines fully correct as you’ll know all your Cue Words, and your Cue Images for your lines by heart.
