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

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