Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning   Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word   Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as"Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person  HumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaughBeatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion     Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds    Cover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse    Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words     Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece   Dynamics Changing volumewithin the piece  Pause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Accent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass   Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks   Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject  Pitch / register Using high,natural, or lowranges of thespeaking voice  Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagain Emphasis Stress given to aword or wordsindicating importance   Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore words UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time  Singing Thepoet sings aword orphraseMetaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance.  Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning   Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word   Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as"Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person  HumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaughBeatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion     Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds    Cover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse    Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words     Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece   Dynamics Changing volumewithin the piece  Pause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Accent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass   Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks   Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject  Pitch / register Using high,natural, or lowranges of thespeaking voice  Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagain Emphasis Stress given to aword or wordsindicating importance   Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore words UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time  Singing Thepoet sings aword orphraseMetaphor 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. Gesture Movements of head, hands or body to express meaning
  2. Alliteration repeated use of a sound or letter in the first syllable of a word
  3. Similie comparison using "like" or "as"
  4. Imitation Performance intending to copy or simulate another voice or person
  5. Humour Intended to make the audience laugh
  6. Beatboxing Imitating sounds of a drum machine with the voice; vocal percussion
  7. Vocal sound effects Using the voice to make non-human sounds
  8. Cover Performing a piece written by someone else
  9. Call and response The audience is asked to call back a response to a key word or words
  10. Multi-vocal Two or more voices or performers in the piece
  11. Dynamics Changing volume within the piece
  12. Pause / silence Leaving a short length of time between words or sentences
  13. Pace How fast or slowly the poet speaks
  14. Accent Distinctive pronunciation, usually indicating the speaker’s country of origin, area, or social class
  15. Volume How loud or softly the poet speaks
  16. Tone How the poet’s voice conveys their attitude to their subject
  17. Pitch / register Using high, natural, or low ranges of the speaking voice
  18. Repetition saying a sound, word, or phrase over and over again
  19. Emphasis Stress given to a word or words indicating importance
  20. Rhyme repetition of sounds in two or more words
  21. Unison Two or more voices say the same words at the same time
  22. Singing The poet sings a word or phrase
  23. Metaphor Comparing 2 unlikely things
  24. Consistent Affirmation audiences encouraged to show appreciation during the performance.