APA Citation: 

Park, B. (1993). Junie b. jones and her big fat mouth. 

        N.Y., N.Y: Scholastic.

Summary: 

Exposition:  Junie B. Jones, a kinder student, is in class and her teacher announces that all of them will dress up for career day.

Conflict:  Junie B. Jones has to figure out which career will allow her to save people, paint and hold a lot of keys because that is what she told her classmates she was going to be for career day.

Rising Action: She rides on the bus and argues with Jim because he doesn't believe that Juni B. Jones the title of the career that will allow her to save people, paint, and hold a lot of keys.

Climax: Junie B. Jones has figured out which career will allow her to do all the things she talked to Jim about.


Falling Action: Junie B. Jones tells her parents what she wants to be for career day and she prepares her outfit.


Resolution:  Junie B. Jones goes as a Janitor for career day and the class learns to appreciate the school's janitor.

Literay Elements:

Dialogue:  Junie B. Jone's character comes to life through her dialogue with other kinder students.  She thinks life is "P.U.".  Her conversation about eating candy off the floor is very typical of a kinder student.  She also says very random things like how she's hoping the teacher's surprise are doughnuts because that is her favorite tree.  Parker makes Jone's character real through her dialogue.

Imagery:  Parker uses imagery effectively when describing scenes in the story. The reader can imagine what the kinder classroom might look like with lots of little kids huddled to look at the boy who got dental floss stuck in his teeth.  She describes the Janitor shining the flashlight in the boy's mouth as students watched in excitement.