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

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