In The Red Badge of Courage, when Henry wakes up in camp the day after fighting, he first think he is in a Charnel place because the sleeping men around him look dead.
The purpose of the first paragraph of the Iroquois Constitution is let the readers and all people understand what their goal is. The goal if the constitution is peace. Appointing 5 leaders of the 5 nations great Lords as councils of the constitution.
Why do you need help on this? It's pretty simple. Talk about the best day ever. Your favorite Christmas, Birthday, Vacation, Party, Concert. It's pretty simple once you pick one of these ideas to write about. I understand the feeling though. I've looked at stuff like this before and gone what? you want me to what? Let me know if you want me to pick the topic for you, or if you need a little more help. Hope this helps.
Gives readers a clear picture of the sequence of events
A chapter or unit overview because a copyright page only has copyright information for the book, not any classroom subjects and the appendix holds extra refrences if you want to learn more.