Combining senses

Try combining smell, taste and touch words with sound or speech words. See what kind of attention perking images you can come up with .... a gingery drawl, a raw sigh, crisp chatter ...

SMELL	TASTE	TOUCH	SOUND	SPEECH
sweet balmy earthy rotten fishy scented spicy piney reeking fragrant sharp tempting spoiled moldy perfumed fresh pungent sickly	oily bittersweet crisp fruity overripe buttery hearty ripe tangy burnt salty mellow bland raw gingery bitter sugary sour hot peppery	cool spongy mushy thick hot thin fuzzy crisp slippery satiny icy soft rubbery elastic feathery tough silky sandy oily waxy furry tender woolly wet gritty rough smooth warm dry prickly furry damp steamy velvety sharp fleshy dull hairy leathery sticky	sigh growl bump smash bark clink murmur crash thump rasp roar mute whisper thud boom clash blare still whir pitter-patter thunder jamble racket hush rustle thwap bang bawl bleat hubbub	stutter screech whisper stammer snort whimper giggle bellow talk laugh chatter speak sing murmur drawl

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From Rip the Page!: Adventures in Creative Writing by Karen Benke. A hundred ideas honed in workshops at schools for playing with words, with examples from kids. The exercises are nterspersed with pep talks from writers, many of them children's writers. You can tell she's a poet since her word lists are luscious :-D