Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds    Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as" Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject   Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning   Emphasis Stress given to aword or wordsindicating importance  Beatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion     Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore wordsSinging Thepoet sings aword orphraseGUTS!Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person  Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance.  Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Pause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  HumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaugh Dynamics Changing volumewithin the piece  Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words    Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagainPitch / register Using high,natural, or lowranges of thespeaking voice  Accent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass   UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time   Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks   Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word   Cover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse     Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds    Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as" Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject   Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning   Emphasis Stress given to aword or wordsindicating importance  Beatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion     Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore wordsSinging Thepoet sings aword orphraseGUTS!Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person  Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance.  Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Pause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  HumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaugh Dynamics Changing volumewithin the piece  Call and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words    Repetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagainPitch / register Using high,natural, or lowranges of thespeaking voice  Accent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass   UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time   Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks   Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word   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. Vocal sound effects Using the voice to make non-human sounds
  2. Similie comparison using "like" or "as"
  3. Tone How the poet’s voice conveys their attitude to their subject
  4. Gesture Movements of head, hands or body to express meaning
  5. Emphasis Stress given to a word or words indicating importance
  6. Beatboxing Imitating sounds of a drum machine with the voice; vocal percussion
  7. Rhyme repetition of sounds in two or more words
  8. Singing The poet sings a word or phrase
  9. GUTS!
  10. Imitation Performance intending to copy or simulate another voice or person
  11. Pace How fast or slowly the poet speaks
  12. Metaphor Comparing 2 unlikely things
  13. Consistent Affirmation audiences encouraged to show appreciation during the performance.
  14. Multi-vocal Two or more voices or performers in the piece
  15. Pause / silence Leaving a short length of time between words or sentences
  16. Humour Intended to make the audience laugh
  17. Dynamics Changing volume within the piece
  18. Call and response The audience is asked to call back a response to a key word or words
  19. Repetition saying a sound, word, or phrase over and over again
  20. Pitch / register Using high, natural, or low ranges of the speaking voice
  21. Accent Distinctive pronunciation, usually indicating the speaker’s country of origin, area, or social class
  22. Unison Two or more voices say the same words at the same time
  23. Volume How loud or softly the poet speaks
  24. Alliteration repeated use of a sound or letter in the first syllable of a word
  25. Cover Performing a piece written by someone else