Beatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion     Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore words Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds    Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsSinging Thepoet sings aword orphraseGUTS!Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person  HumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaugh Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning  Accent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass   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    Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as" Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject   Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Multi-vocal  Two or morevoices orperformers in thepiecePause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences   UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words atthe same time Cover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse    Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagainRhyme repetition ofsounds in twoor more words  Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks  ConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance.  UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time  Beatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion     Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore words Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds    Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsSinging Thepoet sings aword orphraseGUTS!Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person  HumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaugh Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning  Accent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass   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    Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as" Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject   Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Multi-vocal  Two or morevoices orperformers in thepiecePause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences   UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words atthe same time Cover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse    Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagainRhyme repetition ofsounds in twoor more words  Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks  ConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance.  UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time  

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