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

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