Mammoth Memory

Rote – Learning things by repeating them

PRONUNCIATION

(Pronounced rowt (as rowing a boat))

To remember the definition of the word rote, use the following mnemonic:

He wrote (rote) out the same thing 5,000 times and the repetition helped him learn it perfectly.

He wrote (rote) our the same thing 5,000 times and the repetition helped him learn it perfectly.

 

Examples of rote in a sentence

William, like many other children, picked up his multiplication facts through rote memorisation.

When I was a toddler, I learned a bunch of nursery rhymes by rote.

Having students remember words by sight is one type of rote learning. 

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