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.
Twenty Titles for the Writer 1. Copy out of your draft a sentence that could serve as a title. 2. Write a sentence that's not in the draft to use as a title. 3. Write a title that is a question beginning with What, Who, When, or Where. 4. Write a title that is a question beginning with How or Why. 5.