I is for "El Insecto"

Tristan, this picture of yours was a stroke of genius!  In most of our alphabet icons, we are practicing the simplest memory technique of basic association.  We pick and animal that starts with the same letter in English and Spanish and use it to remind us of the pronunciation of the letter in Spanish.  On top of that we may put a tie on the animal to let us know if it's masculine.  However, in this picture, Tristan really takes off into advance imaginative association.  The insect in the ER, wearing a tie, receives a severed toe to begin disection.  "In + (di)sect + toe = el insecto."  Insect in English sounds so similar to insecto in Spanish that most students might think, why bother thinking up an imaginative story like this?  The reason this is great is because it's memorable.  Just noting that insect sounds like insecto and moving on isn't guaranteed to stick in the memory.  However, I'm convinced Tristan will never forget that "the insect" translates to "el insecto" in Spanish.  Think about this picture, and you'll never forget it either!