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.
Including Book Chapters in the Body of Your Writing. Titles of book chapters are always enclosed in quotation marks. This is true for any work that is part of a larger work, and chapters are part of the larger work of a book. The chapter title is put in quotation marks, while the title of the book is italicized. For example: