<span>A biography is the account or history of an individual's life as told by another person.</span>
First lets define torrent. Torrent roughly means the violent rush of some sort of liquid. In this case, it seems like the wind during a dark night is being compared to that of a raging river. Hopefully this helps.
A person who is improving the overall quality of their writing by changing, adding, or deleting parts of it is revising.
The answer is Editing the language of your essay.
A writer uses the introduction to engage the audience.
This is the beginning, where you introduce what you're going to be talking about--sometimes with a hook at the start to grab attention easily.