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Tag Archives: Language Skills

Game Library: “Baby Talk”

A babyish addition to the Game Library from a recent R&D Show performance.,

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 20, 2026February 19, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Baby Talk, Characterization, Commitment, Handle, Language Skills, Physicality, Short-Form, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Baby Talk”

Game Library: “Spelling Master”

And now for a test of wits (and spelling)…

Posted byimprovdrAugust 1, 2025July 26, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Active Listening, Audience, Caller, Experts, Language Skills, Spelling Expert, Spelling Master, Spelling Whiz, Teamwork, Volunteers, Word at a TimeLeave a comment on Game Library: “Spelling Master”

Game Library: “Shake GPT”

Modern meets classic in this letter writing variation.

Posted byimprovdrJune 6, 2025June 5, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Experts, Justification, Language Skills, Point of View, Shake GPT, Shakespeare, Short-Form, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Shake GPT”

Game Library: “Rhyming Couplets”

Stretch those rhyming muscles.

Posted byimprovdrApril 4, 2025April 3, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It Up, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Active Listening, Language Skills, Musicality, Rhyme, Rhyming Couplets, Rhythm, Target Rhyme, Verbal Skills, VerseLeave a comment on Game Library: “Rhyming Couplets”

Game Library: “Poet’s Corner”

Unleash your inner poet.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 3, 2025February 2, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Characterization, Language Skills, Poet's Corner, Poetry, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Poet’s Corner”

Game Library: “Last Word, First Word”

Last Word, First Word requires each line of dialogue to find its genesis in the climax of its predecessor.

Posted byimprovdrJuly 26, 2024July 26, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Active Listening, Language Skills, Last Letter First Letter, Last Word First Word, Reiterate/Repeat, Short-Form, Subtext, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Last Word, First Word”

Game Library: “Last Letter Circle”

Here’s a language-centric warm-up that can loosen up your mind and vocabulary.

Posted byimprovdrJuly 19, 2024July 21, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Active Listening, Alliteration, Alphabet Game, Language Skills, Last Letter Circle, Last Letter First Letter, Vocabulary, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Last Letter Circle”

Game Library: “Kick It”

Rap on. Rap off.

Posted byimprovdrJuly 8, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It Up, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Caller, Dialogue, Kick It, Language Skills, Music, Poetry, Rhyme, Rhythm, Style, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Kick It”

Game Library: “Incomplete Sentences”

In this game, other characters have to finish your…

Posted byimprovdrJune 14, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Characterization, Incomplete Sentences, Justification, Language Skills, Over-Originality, Short-Form, Third Thought, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Incomplete Sentences”

A Peek Inside: The Lost Comedies

“The Lost Comedies of William Shakespeare” seeks to honor the heightened poetic language of the Bard. Image Building is a helpful exercise to flex your language muscles.

Posted byimprovdrJune 3, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:A Peek Inside, Exercises, Heighten, Image Building, Language Skills, Metaphor, Poetry, Shakespeare, Style, The Lost Comedies, Warm-upLeave a comment on A Peek Inside: The Lost Comedies

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