Your diagram now provides a mental image that can help you remember the word. You can
even use the word itself to create a picture that conveys the meaning of the word and that will
stick in your mind to help you remember it.
Here’s one possibility. We’ve divided the word into two parts and written them on two different
lines that—surprise!—are at an oblique angle to each other:
BackPracticing with flashcards can be fun. And every time you look at the back of the card, you’ll be
reminded of the mnemonic, word association, or visual aid you’ve devised to keep the word
firmly in your memory.
Tuck a few flashcards into your pocket before you head out the door in the morning and work
on them in spare moments— for instance, while riding on a bus or while listening to the radio.
The more often you flash through your flashcards, the faster you’ll build your vocabulary.
Be sure to keep track of the words you know and the ones you struggle with so that you can
spend more time on the latter group.
Going Beyond This Book
You’ve worked hard. You’ve studied every chapter in this book and you now know hundreds of
words that you didn’t know before. Surely you will encounter some words in the future, though,
that you don’t know. How do you deal with those? Here, pulling together everything we