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.
Citing a Book in APA. 1  Basic Information. 2  Step 1: Formatting the authorâs name. 3  Step 2: Placing the Year Your Source was Published.  Step 3: Place the Title of the 1  Source. Step 4: Cite the publisher of your source.  Step 5: Add the Page or Pages where the Citation was Taken. If the citation only taken from a selected part of a source, indicate the chapter and page/s where the citation is found. Place the chapter after the date ending it with a colon, then add the title. After the title add the page/s where the citation was taken.