How do you remember quotes

[dave101]

Hi,

I've got about 40+ contemporary quotes and articles relating to English Language that I've been collecting throughout the whole year for essays. I've got a sac on an essay in a couple of weeks and I'm just wondering how do you remember all these quotes. Honestly, there's so many I would have to memorise for different topics that could come up on the sac. Any past Eng Lang students able to provide tips for remembering quotes. It would help a lot!

Thanks

[zsteve]

What I did was I arranged my quotes and examples by topic, and then tried to memorize them (I wasn't very good at it tbh).
Prioritize versatile quotes (i.e. ones that have a broad applicability, e.g. about the 'Australian variety') rather than specialised quotes (e.g. if a quote discusses the 'usage of schwa in Broad and General Australian', it's less useful).

Also, if you write a lot of practice essays, you'll find that there are a few examples and quotes that you use repeatedly, again and again. It's worth accumulating a few of these as well (which you can use in a very broad sense).

Some which come to mind are remarks by linguists on 'language and identity', 'language and culture', 'language and Australian identity', etc.

Also, it's worth noting that it's not essential to memorise quotes word-for-word. You won't lose marks for failing to quote word-for-word, just make sure you have the overall gist of the quote and remember the name!

[dave101]

Thanks a lot mate 

[studybuddy7777]

Hi,

I've got about 40+ contemporary quotes and articles relating to English Language that I've been collecting throughout the whole year for essays. I've got a sac on an essay in a couple of weeks and I'm just wondering how do you remember all these quotes. Honestly, there's so many I would have to memorise for different topics that could come up on the sac. Any past Eng Lang students able to provide tips for remembering quotes. It would help a lot!

Thanks

While im from NSW we also have to remember heaps of quotes and actually have to do english as well :p

-If you have to remember references, do a flash card format. Either give yourself the quote or the reference (eg shakespeare (2.3.121) or perhaps pg23) and try to figure out the other one
- if you dont have to remember references, you can try and make it more fun! Some suggestions
   

•   -say the quotes in hilariously bad impersonations of other people and replay them back
•   -make worksheets (so fun) and try and figure out the missing words
•   -if you are good at coding/programming then you could make interactive games for your quotes (or try to google). This helped me so much as it was tonnes of fun and it actually helped me memorise!
•   -stick up different coloured post it notes (you can make them passive agressive as well if youd like ) and write your quotes on them, different colour pens, notes, highlighters all help as we learn by association.

I could ramble on all day long but you get the general idea. English sucks, thats a given (sorry Elyse ) but with these suggestions and previous ones mentioned you might actually be able to have fun while studying?

Hope this helps and feel free to flick me a pm or question on here! [/list]

[Seige]

Not too sure if it would help at this time of year, but you're welcome to try 

Whenever I found a quote worth remembering in any of my texts I use to bring up that quote randomly in day to day conversations, hearing their responses made me remember the quote even more, so I figured it was a good technique haha.

[conic curve]

I think a good way to remember quotes is to apply them in your essays on a regular basis, like how in maths you continually apply your formula and by doing so, you are more likely to remember as it sticks to your head. Same with english, by applying quotes in your essays, you'll more likely be able to remember it as it sticks to your head (through application)

[_nikstaa_]

Would you mind sharing your resources?

[Joseph41]

Would you mind sharing your resources?

Hi there!

Have you tried the notes section?

[wyzard]

To help yourself remember quotes better, don't just recite them again and try to memorize them. Instead relate them to your personal life, the character's life from where they came from, or the context that it came from This will help you understand on a deeper level and use them appropriately.

Very often the most memorable quotes are the ones that we all remember are the ones that we can deeply relate to our lives, where we can give it a personal meaning. That's what helped me remember a lot of the quotes deeply when I studied Year 12, as a lot of it related to my experiences. Here are a few example of my favourite quotes that even till today I still remember them (though not word by word, I needed to look them up) and how I they are deeply related to my life.

1) "Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence." Henry David Thoreau

Growing up, we all have parents wanting us to have high paying stable lucrative jobs, and society wants us to fit in. I never liked the the idea of fitting in, and having a job just because it pays well, I'd rather do something that I'm really passionate about, even if the path is a lot more challenging and unconventional. This is why this quote resonates with me, because I want to walk a path I love, no matter how narrow and crooked it is.

2) "The mind is a dangerous weapon, even to the processor, if he not know how to use it discreetly." Micheal de Montaigne

The mind is a potentially a highly destructive to others and ourselves; you never know if a mean comment can shatter other's heart, and self beating thoughts can be very harmful to ourselves. This is why understanding the mind, and knowing how to use if carefully is important.

3) "Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible." Richard Feynman

I love this quote! Find something that interest you the most, and study it in your own unique way. I never liked having a too rigid study structure, but rather always going with the flow and letting my heart guide me