Sensory language is figurative language whose effect can be measured by
its ability to appeal to the reader's
A) sense of right and wrong.
B) taste, touch, smell, and sight.
C) sense of intellectual reasoning.
D) psychological reaction to pain and pleasure.

B

Explanation:

Sensory relates to our senses which is our sense of taste, touch, smell, sight etc.  Thus, sensory language is language that helps us experience that aspect of the writing.  It is appealing to our senses.

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.