Two weeks of winter vacation make me happy. Correct
Alliteration at: "skirt starts its spin"
"lace lullabies"
"sand stinging"
not sure about the effect.
A discourse is a speech, a discussion or a way to communicate through conversation a message to a specific audience. Another word that has a similar meaning and that is present in the excerpt is the word <em>sermon.</em> A sermon is also a speech, and it a communicates a religious message. Therefore, the correct answer is that the word from the excerpt that helps define discourse is the word <em>sermon</em>.
A is the answer to your English question