Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning  Cover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse    Pause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  Beatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion     Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds    Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagainHumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaugh Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore words Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Pitch / register Using high,natural, or lowranges of thespeaking voice  Accent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass  Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as"Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Singing Thepoet sings aword orphraseConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance.  Emphasis Stress given to aword or wordsindicating importance  Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsImitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person   Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks   Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject   Dynamics Changing volumewithin the piece  Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words     Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word    UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time   Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning  Cover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse    Pause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  Beatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion     Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds    Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagainHumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaugh Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore words Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Pitch / register Using high,natural, or lowranges of thespeaking voice  Accent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass  Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as"Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Singing Thepoet sings aword orphraseConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance.  Emphasis Stress given to aword or wordsindicating importance  Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsImitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person   Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks   Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject   Dynamics Changing volumewithin the piece  Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words     Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word    UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time  

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