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

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