Develop Your Memory Using Interrogative Analysis By Mazliza Othman At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Ideas are variously associated. The whole suggests the parts and the parts the whole. The house suggests the parts of the house, and the parts of the house the whole. The book suggests the contents, and the contents the book. The sentence suggests the words, and the words the sentence. This is what we call the law of Comprehension.

Interrogative analysis is one of the best methods for developing the memory. It arouses the activities of the mind. A truth dropped into the mind, when aroused, sticks like a burr. Passivity is gone and the mind thinks and feels and wills.

This technique, I uses persistently, creates the spirit of investigation. The mind no longer remains dormant in conversation, but is active and eager in asking and answering questions. The world of nature is investigated. The mind knocks at every door for information. Interrogative Analysis cannot be too highly commended.

Sentences are a series of related ideas. To ensure the retention of ideas, get the relation of these ideas. This is best done through analysis. First, by asking questions and answering them in the words of a verse or paragraph. For instance, take the oft quoted verse, John iii: 16. Who loved the world. God loved the world. To what extent did God love the world? God so loved the world that he gave his son. What son did God give? God gave his only begotten son. For whom did God give his only begotten son? God gave his only begotten son for whosoever believeth in him. Why did God give his only begotten son? God gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Arrange your lesson in sentences. Place each sentence on a line by itself. Detach the verb from the sentence and place it to the right-hand side of the sentence. Picture the verb which is the soul of the sentence. See its meaning with the mind's eye. Ask a question which will bring out the relations of the sentence to the verb.

Compare each verb with preceding verb, and each sentence with preceding sentence. Cover the text, and go through the whole of the lesson with the sole aid of the verbs written to the right side of the page. If you fail to recall a sentence, observe again the relation of the sentence to the verb. Practice makes perfect. This method teaches you to think and to grave the ideas, and if necessary the words, of an author upon your mind. It is imperial.

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