Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds     Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject  Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as"Singing Thepoet sings aword orphraseHumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaughCall and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words    ConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance.  Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks  Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Beatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion    Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsAccent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass   Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Multi-vocal  Two or morevoices orperformers in thepiece Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore wordsRepetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagain UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words atthe same time Cover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse     Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning  Pause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  Rhyme repetition ofsounds in twoor more words GUTS! UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time  Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person   Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word    Vocal sound effects Using the voice tomake non-humansounds     Tone How the poet’s voiceconveys their attitudeto their subject  Similiecomparisonusing "like"or "as"Singing Thepoet sings aword orphraseHumourIntended tomake theaudiencelaughCall and response The audience is askedto call back aresponse to a key wordor words    ConsistentAffirmation audiencesencouraged to showappreciation duringthe performance.  Volume How loud or softlythe poet speaks  Pace How fast orslowly the poetspeaks  Beatboxing Imitating sounds of adrum machine with thevoice; vocal percussion    Metaphor Comparing 2unlikelythingsAccent Distinctivepronunciation, usuallyindicating thespeaker’s country oforigin, area, or socialclass   Multi-vocal  Two or more voicesor performers in thepiece  Multi-vocal  Two or morevoices orperformers in thepiece Rhyme repetition ofsounds in two ormore wordsRepetitionsaying a sound,word, or phraseover and overagain UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words atthe same time Cover  Performing a piecewritten by someoneelse     Gesture Movements of head,hands or body toexpress meaning  Pause / silence Leaving a shortlength of timebetween words orsentences  Rhyme repetition ofsounds in twoor more words GUTS! UnisonTwo or morevoices say thesame words at thesame time  Imitation Performanceintending to copy orsimulate anothervoice or person   Alliteration repeated use of asound or letter in thefirst syllable of a word   

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