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

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