Question

Elementary school students in the u.s. are often taught to use the very familiar word "homes" as a cue for remembering the names of the great lakes (each letter in "homes" provides a first-letter cue for one of the lakes: huron, ontario, michigan, erie, superior). this memory procedure usually works better than repeating the names over and over. the use of this familiar word provides an example of

Answer 1

Mnemonic Device

Any system that helps retain information falls under the category of mnemonic device. Another example of this is when remembering the order of operations in math (PEMDAS) Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.