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Acronyms and Mnemonics. Successful Study Secrets Desire’ Truter and Fay Trollip. Acronyms. Be efficient - work SMART : S - s pecific M - m easurable A - a chievable R - r ealistic T - t ime-efficient. Acronyms. Organising ideas for formal writing or Speaking – PREP
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Acronyms and Mnemonics Successful Study Secrets Desire’ Truter and Fay Trollip
Acronyms Be efficient - workSMART: S - specific M - measurable A - achievable R - realistic T - time-efficient
Acronyms Organising ideas for formal writing or Speaking – PREP P - point R - reason E - example P - point
Acronyms For writing a coherent paragraph – think SEX S - statement E - elaboration X - (e)xample
Acronyms Formula for calculating assets – ALOE Assets=Liabilities+Owner’s Equity A- assets L- liabilities O- owner’s E- equity
Acronyms Seven characteristics of living organisms – MRS GREN M - movement R - reproduction S - sensitivity G - growth R - respiration E - excretion N - nutrition
Acronyms Colours in the spectrum of white light - ROYGBIV R - Red O - Orange Y - Yellow G - Green B - Blue I - Indigo V - Violet
Acronyms For trigonometry ratios - SOHCAHTOA Sin = opp / hyp Cos = adj / hyp Tan = opp / adj
Acronyms For calculating GST: Exclusive price = P/8 Inclusive price = P/9
Acronyms Mathematical order of operations: B E D M A S Brackets/ Exponents / Division / Multiplication / Addition/ Subtraction
Acronyms ICT design work: CRAPH • C - Contrast • R - Repetition • A - Alignment • P - Proximity • H - Harmony
Mnemonics Activity series of metals in chemistry - showing the reactivity of the elements: Li K Na Ca Mg Al Zn Fe Sn Pb H Cu Hg Ag Au Little Katie Never Can Manage AZebra For She Punishes Him Cruelly; How Agonisingly Awful.
Mnemonics Musical scales: E G B D F Every Good Boy Deserves Food
Mnemonics Mathematical hint for converting decimals to percentages: 0.36 = 36% / 0.75 = 75% Decimal to Percent – Twice right it went
Mnemonics Accounting basics: Left – Dr (debit) Right – Cr (credit) Left-hand Drivers Rightly Crash
Mnemonics Quick memory joggers: sulementary adjacent angles= 180۫˚ Comlementary adjacent angles= 90˚
Mnemonics Quick memory joggers: Acid base red blue ph balance – colour of litmus paper
Mnemonics Now make your own… Table of elements plot = situation; rising action; climax; resolution