Call-and-response
noting or pertaining to a style of singing in which a melody sung by one singer is responded to or echoed by one or more singers.
noting or pertaining to rapid, spontaneous verbal and nonverbal interaction between speaker and listener, in which all statements are punctuated by expressions from the listener.
call-and-response singing.
call-and-response interaction between speaker and listener.
Contemporary Examples
Super Bowl’s ‘Nipplegate’ Fiasco 10 Years Later: The Pop Diva, the Boob, and the Outrage Marlow Stern January 31, 2014
5 Best Bits From Mitt Romney’s Acceptance Speech at GOP Convention (VIDEO) Jake Heller, Nina Strochlic August 30, 2012
A Speech to Make the World Stop Mark Katz November 4, 2008
The First Americans to Observe the 4th Were Moravian Pacifists Linda C. Brinson July 3, 2014
noun
a form of interaction between a speaker and one or more listeners, in which every utterance of the speaker elicits a verbal or non-verbal response from the listener or listeners
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