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

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