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Americans use many mnemonics to remember lists of things that should be in a particular order. For example, some people remember the colors in the rainbow as:

Richard Of York "Gave Battle" (fought) "In Vain" (without success).

(Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet)

Biology students sometimes memorize the "order of taxonomy" (a system for classifying animals and plants) with this mnemonic:

Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach.

(Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)

This mnemonic helps music students remember which "notes" (musical tones) are on each line of the "treble staff" (five lines used to write higher musical sounds):

Every Good Boy Deserves "Fudge" (a sweet chocolate candy).

(E, G, B, D, F)

The notes shown on the spaces between the lines are F, A, C, E, and most students learn them as Face.

For the "bass staff" (five lines used to write lower musical sounds), the mnemonic is:

Good Boys Do Fine Always.

(G, B, D, F, A)

And the spaces on the bass staff are memorized as:

All Cows Eat Grass.

(A, C, E, G)

In math, the "order of operations" (instructions for which calculations should be performed first) can be memorized with this mnemonic:

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.

(Parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction)