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

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