Question

Which excerpt from The War of the Worlds uses a sensory detail for aesthetic impact? "
A)Henderson stood up with his spade in his hand."
B)"Ogilvy told him all that he had seen."
C) "The two men hurried back at once to the common, and found the cylinder still lying in the same position."
D)"Air was either entering or escaping at the rim with a thin, sizzling sound."

Answer 1

D)"Air was either entering or escaping at the rim with a thin, sizzling sound." i just took the test

Answer 2

The answer is D) "Air was either entering or escaping at the rim with a thin, sizzling sound." The word aesthetic is related to beauty. That means, the answer should provide the idea of beauty and it does so through a sensory detail. D) mentions that the air was "a thin, sizzling sound". The author could have ended the sentence after the word rim and this would not have changed the meaning of the sentence. However, the sensory detail "a thin, sizzling sound" gives the sentences an aesthetic affect. It helps the reader to get a clear visual picture of what is happening and it gives the sentences a sense of beauty.