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

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