Ending feels abrupt Change in pitch Silence before reveal Drawn- out word (staaairs) Performance matches text description Volume increases Audience coughs/shifts in seat Audience reaction (gasps/whispers) Performer uses a gesture (hand/face) Unexpected calm tone Quiet tone makes you lean in Boy’s voice playful but creepy Someone clears throat Sentence ends suddenly Suspense builds before attic scene Stress on “dark” Reader takes a sip of water Sentence ends suddenly Nervous chuckle Sound effect in voice (creak, click, clack) Narrator sounds unsure “Click- Clack” emphasized Reader adjusts mic or paper Shift from calm to creepy Ending feels abrupt Change in pitch Silence before reveal Drawn- out word (staaairs) Performance matches text description Volume increases Audience coughs/shifts in seat Audience reaction (gasps/whispers) Performer uses a gesture (hand/face) Unexpected calm tone Quiet tone makes you lean in Boy’s voice playful but creepy Someone clears throat Sentence ends suddenly Suspense builds before attic scene Stress on “dark” Reader takes a sip of water Sentence ends suddenly Nervous chuckle Sound effect in voice (creak, click, clack) Narrator sounds unsure “Click- Clack” emphasized Reader adjusts mic or paper Shift from calm to creepy
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. 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.
O-Ending feels abrupt
I-Change in pitch
N-Silence before reveal
B-Drawn-out word (staaairs)
G-Performance matches text description
I-Volume increases
N-Audience coughs/shifts in seat
O-Audience reaction (gasps/whispers)
B-Performer uses a gesture (hand/face)
G-Unexpected calm tone
G-Quiet tone makes you lean in
O-Boy’s voice playful but creepy
O-Someone clears throat
N-Sentence ends suddenly
G-Suspense builds before attic scene
O-Stress on “dark”
I-Reader takes a sip of water
N-Sentence ends suddenly
B-Nervous chuckle
B-Sound effect in voice (creak, click, clack)
I-Narrator sounds unsure
B-“Click-Clack” emphasized
G-Reader adjusts mic or paper
I-Shift from calm to creepy