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

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