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

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