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

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