In middle school we learned a fascinating and very tidy typology of discourse which could be recalled by the mnemonic, DEAN. Description Exposition Argument Narrative
Longo is so inspirational, the director of Johnny Mnemonic! The straight line between Jacob's Ladder and SH is filled with respect too, it's more than remix.
Robot is half my mnemonic for remembering whether a storm watch or storm warning is more dangerous. A storm WATCH <looks at wrist> means you still have time. A storm WARNING means...
The Gemara is reminded of a story from a baraita - once a proselyte asked the two sages how to properly wave the lulav, and they responded with this mnemonic: "Shake it. Shake, shake it. Shake it like a polaroid picture."
I just learned that the collective noun for raccoons is "a gaze" and therefore my mnemonic is now "ra👀👀n."
Just because it came up in conversation today, and I still adore this as an ‘oh shit, how does this social introduction stuff work again?’ mnemonic.
This is fun: A linguistic take on the onomatopoeia and mnemonic phrases that birders use to remember and describe bird sounds. By Jasper Davidoff. www.audubon.org/magazine/do-...
A relatively new field of research focuses on the rich history of pairing birdsong with human language.