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

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