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