Malia is studying French. When her teacher writes the French word for rabbit on the board (lapin), Brooke thinks of a soft bunny sitting "in a lap." On the exam, when she sees the word "lapin," Malia instantly recalls the visual image and recognizes that "lapin" is the French word for rabbit. This memory strategy is an example of the mnemonic device known as

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The strategy Malia is using involves making a mental connection between the word "lapin" and the visual image of a bunny sitting in someone's lap, which is an example of the link method mnemonic device. The method of loci involves mentally imagining a physical space and placing pieces of information along a route through that space, while overlearning involves practicing a skill or piece of information beyond the point of mastery. Acrostics involve creating a cue using the first letter of each word in a list, such as "My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas" to remember the order of the planets in our solar system.

Malia Is Studying French