Emphasis Stress given to aword or wordsindicating importance  Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as"ConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance. Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Cover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse     Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject   UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time   Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person   Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning   Dynamics Changing volumewithin the piece  Pitch / register Using high,natural, or lowranges of thespeaking voice   Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds     Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word   Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words    HumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaughRepetitionsaying asound, word,or phrase overand over againBeatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion     Rhyme repetition ofsounds in twoor more wordsPause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsAccent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass  GUTS! Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks  Singing Thepoet sings aword orphrase Emphasis Stress given to aword or wordsindicating importance  Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as"ConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance. Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Cover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse     Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject   UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time   Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person   Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning   Dynamics Changing volumewithin the piece  Pitch / register Using high,natural, or lowranges of thespeaking voice   Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds     Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word   Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words    HumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaughRepetitionsaying asound, word,or phrase overand over againBeatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion     Rhyme repetition ofsounds in twoor more wordsPause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsAccent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass  GUTS! Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks  Singing Thepoet sings aword orphrase

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