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

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