Question

Which excerpt from A Rumor of War contains the best example of sensory language?

A.Having been among the first Americans to fight in Vietnam, I was also among the last to be evacuated, only a few hours before the North Vietnamese Army entered the capital.
B.America seemed omnipotent then: the country could still claim it had never lost a war, and we believed we were ordained to play cop to the Communists’ robber and spread our own political faith around the world.
C.The discovery that the men we had scorned as peasant guerrillas were, in fact, a lethal, determined enemy and the casualty lists that lengthened each week with nothing to show for the blood being spilled broke our early confidence.
D.Weeks of bottled-up tensions would be released in a few minutes of orgiastic violence, men screaming and shouting obscenities above the explosions of grenades and the rapid, rippling bursts of automatic rifles.

Answer 1

The excerpt that is the best example of sensory language is:

D.Weeks of bottled-up tensions would be released in a few minutes of orgiastic violence, men screaming and shouting obscenities above the explosions of grenades and the rapid, rippling bursts of automatic rifles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sensory language is used to detail descriptions that affect the five senses: sight, taste, touch, smell, and sound. The intention of using such descriptions is to create a connection with the reader. Readers will be able to "feel" what the characters feel and understand their actions when they can see or smell, for example, what the characters can see and smell. Readers are, thus, involved by the same sensations as the characters, empathizing with them.

In the excerpt provided in letter D, the word choice by the author is filled with sensory language, appealing essentially to sight and hearing. Readers can vividly imagine the screams, the explosions, the shots, and how it would feel to be in the middle of such violence.

Answer 2

D. Weeks of bottled-up tensions would be released in a few minutes of orgiastic violence, men screaming and shouting obscenities above the explosions of grenades and the rapid, rippling bursts of automatic rifles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sensory language is language that appeals to the five senses: hearing, sight, touch, taste, smell. In this excerpt, the details appeal to the sense of hearing. It describes the men screaming and shouting. It also describes the explosions of grenades and the sound of automatic rifles. Option C also has a lot of description but it doesn't necessarily appeal to the senses.