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

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