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

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