Read the quotation from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden. Some of my pleasantest hours were during the long rain-storms in the sprin
g or fall, which confined me to the house for the afternoon as well as the forenoon, soothed by their ceaseless roar and pelting; when an early twilight ushered in a long evening in which many thoughts had time to take root and unfold themselves. In those driving northeast rains which tried the village houses so, when the maids stood ready with mop and pail in front entries to keep the deluge out, I sat behind my door in my little house, which was all entry, and thoroughly enjoyed its protection. Which is the best example of a vivid sensory detail?
A vivid sensory detail uses descriptive words that appeals to any of the five senses, creating a realistic and absorbing effect. In this excerpt, the "soothed by their ceaseless roar and pelting" sets the tone of the peace created by the sound of rain, which we all have experienced somehow.
