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

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