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.
References Page. Include in-text citations of reprinted books on the References page. Begin with the author's last name, a comma, initials and a period. Put the recent publication year inside parentheses. Add a period. List the italicized title of the book in sentence case followed by a period.Next goes the publication location, a colon, the publisher and a period.Finish with Original work published and the year within parentheses; for instance: Doe, J. (1998).ut the recent publication year inside parentheses. Add a period. List the italicized title of the book in sentence case followed by a period. Next goes the publication location, a colon, the publisher and a period. Finish with Original work published and the year within parentheses; for instance: Doe, J. (1998).