Question

Which sensory detail does this passage show? "His ears were insulated by tufts of graying hair that seemed to block out the unpleasant traffic of life."

Answer 1

A sensory details  is use by the writer to connects the reader's five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste and touch) to an image or a description. The writer gives an image of ears with gray hair. From that image, the writer show us an estimated age of the character he's referring.