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

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