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

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