Charles is trying to learn a concept in his advanced music theory class. He wants to remember the orders of sharps and flats in the different key signatures of music. He knows that the sharps go F-B-E-A-D-G-C and the flats go G-D-A-E-B-F-C,
but he's unable to keep the order correct in his head. One evening, he decides to take the letters and make a sentence. For sharps he creates "Fat Boys Eat Apple Dumplings Girls Cook," and for flats he uses "God Destroyed All Earth By Flood, Cool!" In order to remember his sharps and flats, Charles has employed a __________ device.
a. mnemonic
b. aphoric
c. conditioning
d. syntactic
Answer: A
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