opposite adjacent and hypotenuse At the same time the new vocabulary words cross reference How do you w it all organized in your head With memory techniques Below is an example of how acronyms are used to help Within two lessons you have learned a lot of new vocabulary words such as sine cosine tangent inverse remember and organize new knowledge Memory Technique Acronyms Acronyms are words formed from the first letters from a list of words Use an acronym to remember trigonometric ratios Memory Technique for Trigonometric Ratios SOHCAHTOA The acronym SOHCAHTOA pronounced soh cah toa comes from the first letters from the list of words sine opposite hypotenuse cosine adjacent hypotenuse tangent opposite adjacent Get it It is to help you remember the three trig ratios and how to set up the fraction such as what side belongs in the numerator or denominator Fill in the blank 0 O A S C T H H CH Graphic Organizer Use this graphic being asked to angle Examp Fir This is to help you remember Sine is opposite over hypotenuse Cosine is adjacent over hypotenuse Tangent is opposite over adjacent Imagine if you didn t know the acronym SOHCAHTOA You would be saying Sine is opposite over potenuse Cosine is adjacent over hypotenuse Tangent is opposite over adjacent over and over and over until you remembered it Optional It may even help if you color it in to remember the acronym Trigonometric cha SOUCA IO 1