Chapter 1 Mnemonics

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A gray whale performs a pole dance.
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-poli/o (word root) -Gray and pole to remind you of word part
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King Arthur and his knights sit at the round table eating elbow macaroni.
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-arthr (word root) -King Arthur is the most famous "arthr" we know and elbow is to help you remember joints
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Abby Normal's arrow missed. Her injured brother cried, "Oh, sis!"
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-osis (suffix) -Abby Normal reminds you of the definition, while the brother's exclamation recalls the term
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A fish in a tank eats algae from the glass- with each bite, the algae screams in pain.
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-algia (suffix) -The word "algae" stands in for "algia" and the screaming of the algae reminds you that pain is involved
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A coal miner suffers from constipation.
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-col (word root) -The word "coal" to help you recall "col" while the coal miner's problem is to signify the colon
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A caffeinated child is increasingly wild.
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-hyper (prefix) -Hyperactive child to go with "hyper" prefix and increasing is used to recall the definition of "hyper"
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You lift a pirate's eyepatch. "Your eye is swollen," you tell him. He nods. "Aye, 'tis."
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-itis (suffix) -The swollen eye reminds you of inflammation and the pun helps you recall the suffix "itis"
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A rhinoceros has a human nose.
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-rhin/o (word root) -Rhino helps you remember this root and nose is mentioned to help you remember the meaning of the root word
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A salamander sings opera into a mushroom microphone.
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-myc (word root) -Mushroom microphone has 2 purposes because "mic" helps you remember the word root "myc" and mushroom helps you remember it deals with fungus
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A teary-eyed artist is painting a huge red heart fed by purple arteries.
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-arteri/o (word root) -Using the syllable "art" and tears to signify the syllable "ter" and he is painting a giant heart so it makes you think of arteries