Answer:
Although the introduction presents valid background information, it is ineffective because the main point of the essay is unclear.
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).
Answer:
fragment
Explanation:
no subject, just verb. For it to be a <em>c</em><em>o</em><em>m</em><em>p</em><em>l</em><em>e</em><em>t</em><em>e</em> sentence, it would need a subject to accomodate the verb.
Complete sentence:
<u>H</u><u>e</u> <u>c</u><u>o</u><u>m</u><u>m</u><u>a</u><u>n</u><u>d</u><u>e</u><u>d</u> the continental army in the revolutionary war.
To prevent from succeeding.