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.
Citation Guide: How to cite BOOKS, eBOOKS, CHAPTERS. A guide to create citations for bibliographies and works cited in reference papers. Basic elements. 1. Author: full name of author(s) or editor(s) or, if no author or editor is listed name of institiution standing in their place. 2. Title: full title of the book including subtitle if there is one. 3. Editor, compiler, or transloar, if any if listed on title page in addition to author. 4. Edition, if no the first. 5.