Jasmine needs to remember an 8-line poem for her 5th-grade English class next week. Her mother suggests that she link the first few words from each line with a different part of their home, starting with the front door
. This suggestion is most similar to the memory strategy known as
A) an acronym.
B) the keyword method.
C) the method of loci.
D) the pegword method.
Answer: C
Rationale: The method of loci is a mnemonic that connects words to be remembered to locations along a familiar path.
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