The Face Parts Method 

The Face Parts Method 

The Face Method of memorization is very similar to the Body Parts Method of memorization in that is uses parts of your own body to provide peg images for making memory associations. The parts of my face that I use are the following: 

1. Forehead 
2. Cheek 
3. Ear 
4. Mouth 
5. Eyes 
6. Chin 
7. Nose 
8. Hair 
9. Eyebrows 
10. Tongue 
11. Teeth 
12. Nostrils 

It is virtually impossible to forget your peg images using the Face Parts Method because each peg image is sitting right on your face!

I want to bring these memory and recall techniques to life for you be giving you realistic examples of how you can use them in your studies and daily life. So let�s put the Face Parts Method to work by applying it to a real-life example. 

Let�s suppose that I am studying business writing in school. The instructor teaches the Nine Principles of Good Business Writing and expects each of use to know these nine principles cold. The following are the Nine Principles of Good Business Writing that we�ve been asked to memorize: 

1. State your objective 
2. Know your audience 
3. Stay on topic 
4. Put your conclusion first and your evidence second
5. Use formatting techniques such as lists and subheads 
6. Use simple sentences 
7. Strengthen verbs 
8. Speak in your own voice 
9. Spell check 

He states that every class period he is going to call on a student to stand up and give an explanation of at least one of the Nine Principles of Good Business Writing. 

All the students are frightened to death because of the instructor�s promise. Not me! I know how to memorize and recall the nine principles instantly using the Face Parts Method. 

First, I need to put the nine principles into long-term memory. Let�s do this through association with the different parts of my face. 

Nine Principles of Business Writing
Eyes	Bloodshot eye	Association: Imagine there is an object in your eye that you can�t get out. Your eye turn red and bloodshot. Object should remind of objective or �State your objective".
Ear	Audio Speaker	Association: Imagine that your ears are audio speakers with music blaring out of them. The word audio is associated with �Know your audience.�
Hair	Top	Association: Imagine a top spinning on the top of your head. The top should remind you of topic. Or �Stay on Topic.�
Eyesbrows	Guilty	Association: Imagine the words �Guilty� sitting on your left eyebrow and a magnifying glass burning a whole in your head over the right eyebrow. The word �guilty� stands for conclusion and the magnifying glass stands for facts. Reading form left to right the imagery means to state conclusion first then present the evidence or facts.
Forehead	Doormat	Association: Imagine a doormat glued onto your forehead and then imagine the doormat being ripped off and how much that would hurt. Doormat rhymes with format, which will help you remember �Formatting techniques such as lists and bullets.�
Cheek	Pimple	Association: Imagine a big pimple on your cheek. Pimple will remind you of simple or �Simplify sentences.�
Nose	Herbs	Association: Imagine your nose smelling a bunch of herbs. Herbs should help you recall the word verbs or �Strengthen your verbs.�
Mouth	Speaking	Association: Imagine your mouth speaking, and the words speak, speak, speak coming out so that you can see them. Speaking should help you remember �Speak in your own voice.�
Chin	Check	Association: Imagine a big checkmark on your chin. The checkmark stands for �Check spelling.�

After you recite these associations to yourself at least five or six times, or even more you will get to a point where you can touch your chin and you�ll remember, �Check spelling.� Or when you think of the top of your head you will remember top, or �Stay on topic.�