appeals to the senses: taste, touch, smell, hearing, sight.
For examples, see:
"Create Vivid Images to Bring a Novel to Life." Novel Revision. Fiction Notes.
This article first appeared in the Children’s Writer’s Guide to 2008, Writer’s Institute.
http://www.darcypattison.com/revision/vivid-images-sensory-details/
Peddicord, Jenna. "Creative Writing--Sensory Details." ProSpotlight. http://www.prospotlight.com/pro/jennateacher/post/2009-04-14/creative-writing-sensory-details.html
"Sensory Details." Literacy Education Online. St. Cloud State University. http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/sensorydetails.html
"Sensory Detail." Writing @ CSU. Colorado State University. http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/ddetail/pop4a.cfm