Rhyme repetition ofsounds in twoor more words Singing Thepoet sings aword orphraseConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance. Accent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass  Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person  HumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaughSimiliecomparisonusing "like"or "as" UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time  Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagainBeatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion    Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words    GUTS!Unison Two or morevoices say thesame words atthe same time Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore wordsCover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse     Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds     UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words atthe same time  Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsPause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences   Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word    Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks  Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as"   Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning  Rhyme repetition ofsounds in twoor more words Singing Thepoet sings aword orphraseConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance. Accent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass  Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person  HumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaughSimiliecomparisonusing "like"or "as" UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time  Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagainBeatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion    Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words    GUTS!Unison Two or morevoices say thesame words atthe same time Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore wordsCover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse     Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds     UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words atthe same time  Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsPause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences   Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word    Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks  Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as"   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. Rhyme repetition of sounds in two or more words
  2. Singing The poet sings a word or phrase
  3. Consistent Affirmation audiences encouraged to show appreciation during the performance.
  4. Accent Distinctive pronunciation, usually indicating the speaker’s country of origin, area, or social class
  5. Imitation Performance intending to copy or simulate another voice or person
  6. Humour Intended to make the audience laugh
  7. Similie comparison using "like" or "as"
  8. Unison Two or more voices say the same words at the same time
  9. Repetition saying a sound, word, or phrase over and over again
  10. Beatboxing Imitating sounds of a drum machine with the voice; vocal percussion
  11. Pace How fast or slowly the poet speaks
  12. Call and response The audience is asked to call back a response to a key word or words
  13. GUTS!
  14. Unison Two or more voices say the same words at the same time
  15. Rhyme repetition of sounds in two or more words
  16. Cover Performing a piece written by someone else
  17. Vocal sound effects Using the voice to make non-human sounds
  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. Metaphor Comparing 2 unlikely things
  21. Pause / silence Leaving a short length of time between words or sentences
  22. Alliteration repeated use of a sound or letter in the first syllable of a word
  23. Volume How loud or softly the poet speaks
  24. Similie comparison using "like" or "as"
  25. Gesture Movements of head, hands or body to express meaning