Triangle Factory Fire Text Map

Title Connection: Text structure:

Excerpt from:

 Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
Target: Analyze how the author presents his information through word choice, perspective, purpose, and use of quotations

Pg. 266 Pg. 267 Pg. 268 Pg. 269

Describing floors of the factory: Central Idea Timeline: Author’s Point of View: Author’s Perspective:

Floor 8: P. 1: Opinions: Reason the 9th floor was locked:

Detail:
Floor 9: P. 2: Details:

Quotations: Purpose for using “lapping in”:

Floor 10: P. 3:

Purpose:
Author’s purpose for using P. 4:
“flammable”:
 Pg. 270 Pg. 271 Pg. 272 Pg. 273

Summarize and state central idea: Primary Source: firsthand account by Central Idea and Supporting Details Chief Croker
people who witnessed or took part in
P. 2: an event Lines 223-239: Croker’s Perspective:

Lines 182-192: Author’s Purpose: Central Idea:

P. 3: Supporting Details:
Lines 207-219: Summarize important Supporting Details:
information about the fire escape:

Presentation of information: Subjective or Objective Explain:

Tone word:
Text structure:
Triangle Factory Fire Text Map

Transitions:
 Excerpt from:

 The Story of the Triangle Factory Fire

Target: Analyze how the author presents his information through word choice, perspective, purpose, and use of quotations

Pg. 275 Pg. 276-277 Compare Texts

Summarize Author’s Perspective

Lines 1-14: What does the author value? In the excerpt from Flesh & Blood So Cheap, read
how author Albert Marrin describes Chief Croker
(lines 261-265). Next, read the description of
Croker by author Zachary Kent in lines 1-7 from
The Story of the Triangle Factory Fire.

Compare these two passages. What similarities

and differences do you notice in the history
writers’ descriptions? What do these details
reveal about each author’s perspective?
Lines 15-28: Subjective or Objective Explain:

Explain: **On a separate piece of paper**

Presentation of information: Subjective or Objective Explain:

Tone word: