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

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