Answer:
The type of sensory detail used in the sentence The air was hot and humid as the Phoenician ships sailed on the wild sea is touch.
Explanation:
A sensory detail is a technique the writer uses when he or she wants to engage the reader by making him or her feel like they are experiencing the words almost as if they were present in the story. In this case, as the sensory detail describes the air in a way that tells how the air is felt again someone's skin, we are talking about sensory detail referred to touch.
