Slam your way

2. The hidden, underlying message or meaning that sits beneath the actual spoken words.
4. The act of pushing your voice powerfully into a large room so the very back row can hear you.
6. The long hallway or passage in a school building that connects your classrooms.
7. Constantly changing, moving, or shifting, especially when describing volume levels in a poem.
9. Remaining exactly the same at all times; unvarying and identical.
12. Making something sound much bigger, better, or worse than it actually is to make a point.
13. The absolute peak of excitement, volume, or importance in a performance.
16. Relating to a large, organized structure or official building, like a school or prison.
18. Your unique sound, style, and expression as a writer or spoken-word performer.
19. The specific area or shop at school where students line up to buy lunch.

1. A figure of speech that directly states one thing is another object to create a vivid comparison.
3. Relating to sound, hearing, or the natural way a room echoes your voice.
5. A massive, sudden disaster or emergency (used dramatically in a comedic rant).
8. Highlighting the sharp differences between two opposite things placed side by side.
10. The official literary term for using extreme, non-literal exaggeration to create a comic effect.
11. The total amount of energy, sound, or voice that a speaker produces on stage.
12. Stretched out or lengthened; a type of metaphor that continues across an entire poem.
14. Occurring on the inside; used to describe a rhyme found within a line rather than at the end.
15. A poetic device where you repeat the exact same word or phrase at the start of back-to-back lines.
17. Overturning or changing the original purpose of something, like destroying an old text to make blackout poetry.