ConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance.  Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds    Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words     Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks   UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time   Emphasis Stress given to aword or wordsindicating importance   Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word    Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject  HumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaughPause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  Singing Thepoet sings aword orphrase Dynamics Changing volumewithin the piece  Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as"Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks   Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning  Cover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse    Pitch / register Using high,natural, or lowranges of thespeaking voice   Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore wordsImitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person   Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Beatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion    Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsAccent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass  Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagainConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance.  Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds    Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words     Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks   UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time   Emphasis Stress given to aword or wordsindicating importance   Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word    Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject  HumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaughPause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  Singing Thepoet sings aword orphrase Dynamics Changing volumewithin the piece  Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as"Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks   Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning  Cover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse    Pitch / register Using high,natural, or lowranges of thespeaking voice   Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore wordsImitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person   Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Beatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion    Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsAccent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass  Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagain

Spoken Word Performance Techniques - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Consistent Affirmation audiences encouraged to show appreciation during the performance.
  2. Vocal sound effects Using the voice to make non-human sounds
  3. Call and response The audience is asked to call back a response to a key word or words
  4. Volume How loud or softly the poet speaks
  5. Unison Two or more voices say the same words at the same time
  6. Emphasis Stress given to a word or words indicating importance
  7. Alliteration repeated use of a sound or letter in the first syllable of a word
  8. Tone How the poet’s voice conveys their attitude to their subject
  9. Humour Intended to make the audience laugh
  10. Pause / silence Leaving a short length of time between words or sentences
  11. Singing The poet sings a word or phrase
  12. Dynamics Changing volume within the piece
  13. Similie comparison using "like" or "as"
  14. Pace How fast or slowly the poet speaks
  15. Gesture Movements of head, hands or body to express meaning
  16. Cover Performing a piece written by someone else
  17. Pitch / register Using high, natural, or low ranges of the speaking voice
  18. Rhyme repetition of sounds in two or more words
  19. Imitation Performance intending to copy or simulate another voice or person
  20. Multi-vocal Two or more voices or performers in the piece
  21. Beatboxing Imitating sounds of a drum machine with the voice; vocal percussion
  22. Metaphor Comparing 2 unlikely things
  23. Accent Distinctive pronunciation, usually indicating the speaker’s country of origin, area, or social class
  24. Repetition saying a sound, word, or phrase over and over again