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

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