Remembering the order of the eight planets (and Pluto) by using the sentence "Mary's Violet Eyes Make John Stay Up Nights Pondering" is an example of memory improvement through the
A) method of loci.
B) link method.
C) first-letter technique.
D) pegword system.

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This sentence is an example of the first-letter technique, where the first letter of each word in the sentence corresponds to the first letter of the planets in order from the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.

Remembering the Order of the Eight Planets (And Pluto) by Using