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

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