An acrostic is a word formed from the first letter of the concepts you are trying to recall (e.g. scuba =selfcontainedunderwaterbreathingapparatus).

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An acrostic is a poem or other form of writing in which the first letter, syllable, or word of each line, paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text spells out a word or a message. The example given (scuba) is actually an acronym, not an acrostic.

An Acrostic Is a Word Formed from the First Letter