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

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