1 : an unkind thing to do Hiding the car keys was a dirty trick. 2dirty tricks : secret and dishonest activities that are done to ruin someone's or something's chance of success political dirty tricks.
TEXTS : Introduce the text you're writing about in the beginning of your essay by mentioning the author's full name and the complete title of the work. Titles of books should be underlined or put in italics . (Titles of stories, essays and poems are in quotation marks.) Refer to the text specifically as a novel, story, essay, memoir, or poem, depending on what it is. In subsequent references to the author, use his or her last name.
Basic Bluebook format for books and treatises. In academic writing, the book's author and title are in small caps. In court documents, the book's title is underlined and the book's author is in normal type. The rest of the citation is in normal type in both academic writing and court documents. Copy the name and title from the title page.