Pause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  Pitch / register Using high,natural, or lowranges of thespeaking voice   Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word   Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words    Singing Thepoet sings aword orphraseBeatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion    Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person  ConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance. Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsAccent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass  GUTS! Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds     Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning   Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore wordsCover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse     Dynamics Changing volumewithin the piece  Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as" Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece   Emphasis Stress given to aword or wordsindicating importance   Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks  Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagain Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject   UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time  Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  HumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaughPause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  Pitch / register Using high,natural, or lowranges of thespeaking voice   Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word   Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words    Singing Thepoet sings aword orphraseBeatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion    Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person  ConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance. Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsAccent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass  GUTS! Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds     Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning   Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore wordsCover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse     Dynamics Changing volumewithin the piece  Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as" Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece   Emphasis Stress given to aword or wordsindicating importance   Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks  Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagain Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject   UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time  Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  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. Pause / silence Leaving a short length of time between words or sentences
  2. Pitch / register Using high, natural, or low ranges of the speaking voice
  3. Alliteration repeated use of a sound or letter in the first syllable of a word
  4. Call and response The audience is asked to call back a response to a key word or words
  5. Singing The poet sings a word or phrase
  6. Beatboxing Imitating sounds of a drum machine with the voice; vocal percussion
  7. Imitation Performance intending to copy or simulate another voice or person
  8. Consistent Affirmation audiences encouraged to show appreciation during the performance.
  9. Metaphor Comparing 2 unlikely things
  10. Accent Distinctive pronunciation, usually indicating the speaker’s country of origin, area, or social class
  11. GUTS!
  12. Vocal sound effects Using the voice to make non-human sounds
  13. Gesture Movements of head, hands or body to express meaning
  14. Rhyme repetition of sounds in two or more words
  15. Cover Performing a piece written by someone else
  16. Dynamics Changing volume within the piece
  17. Similie comparison using "like" or "as"
  18. Multi-vocal Two or more voices or performers in the piece
  19. Emphasis Stress given to a word or words indicating importance
  20. Volume How loud or softly the poet speaks
  21. Repetition saying a sound, word, or phrase over and over again
  22. Tone How the poet’s voice conveys their attitude to their subject
  23. Unison Two or more voices say the same words at the same time
  24. Pace How fast or slowly the poet speaks
  25. Humour Intended to make the audience laugh