Flashcards, study guides, computer programs...sometimes it seems like these are the only ways to memorize new words.
But did you know that there are elite memory athletes? People who can memorize a shuffled deck of cards in less time than — I kid you not — it would take me just to look at them?
How do they do it? Almost universally, they say they make up a story to remember the cards.
Storytelling is a uniquely effective — and relatively painless — memorization tool. When combined with intentional repetition of new vocabulary words? Well, you've just made your life a whole lot easier!
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Referenced in this episode:
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
Ahead of Her Time: An SAT Vocabulary Novel by Erica Abbett