Which sentence contains the most vivid example of imagery?
my school books are often on the floor.
the pungent odor of too-old trash permeated my nostrils as i burst into the kitchen.
eating dinner with my family is something that i enjoy doing during the week.
when i go to the movies, i usually sit in the back row.

The pungent odor of too-old trash permeated my nostrils as I burst into the kitchen.

Imagery is a literary term in which words are used to create a vivid image. While imagery usually appeals to the sense of sight, it can also appeal to any of the other fives senses. Examples of imagery should include a lot of descriptive words like adjectives and/or adverbs. They may also use other types of figurative language such as metaphors, similes and onomatopoeia to create a vivid description. In this choice, the descriptive words are: pungent, odor, too-old, permeated, and burst. These words all add to the image and clearly help to paint a picture in the reader's mind. The other options lack descriptors and are simple statements of what is happening.

The answer is: The pungent odor of too-old trash permeated my nostrils as I burst into the kitchen.

Imagery is a literary device that, through vivid expressions and descriptions, like the one in the answer above, appeals to the senses creating more or less memorable mental images. This is a device that authors use to enliven the narration and engage the reader´s attention whilst creating a hermeneutic effect of an aesthetic nature.