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

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