Marie’s Words is a work of 550 original, full-color, hand-drawn vocabulary flash cards. It allows you to learn word definitions in a visual and meaningful way. The illustrations are unique, and many use historical, geographical, scientific, cultural and generational references as a mnemonic tool for easy learning. Marie’s Words harnesses the “Power of Pictures.”
Robert E. Horn, a noted professor, explains in his book Visual Language: Global Communication for the 21st Century that “a diagram or picture occasionally accompanied text in medieval manuscripts. But . . . the visual and the verbal went their separate ways, becoming separate forms of communication.” Marie’s Words incorporates visual language, making it a unique vocabulary flash card product.
For instance, how many times have you heard someone say, “I’m good with faces, but I can’t remember names?” Well, Marie’s Words puts a face to each word’s name. To help you remember 550 “word faces” quickly and easily, Marie’s Words employs three different mnemonic methods: