Explanation: Alliteration and personification
"..The soft,sun-kissed sand" is alliteration. It has the same letter/sound at the beginning of the words. I think alliteration is used to enhance the adjectives (which are being used to enhance the noun).
Another one is personification (The wind is not actually hissing).
As long as you clearly state the sources and resources of information it should be fine.
The conflict would be most likely
Answer:
Ms. Thayer, our town's police chief, visited our class today.
The allusion refers to Albert Einstein and his scientific ideas
