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

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