Using Modern Language Association (MLA) format to cite your sources can seem daunting at first, but it's easy once you get the hang of it. All you have to do is plug information into the correct formula. The information you need should all be easily accessible within the source you're citing, in this case Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game." For information like the publisher and publication year that may not seem to be immediately apparent on the cover, check the copyright page which is usually one of the first few pages in a book.

Once you've collected all the relevant information, plug it into the following format with this exact punctuation:

Author's last name, Author's first name. "Title of Story." Title of Collection. Editor's Name(s). Publisher, Year. Page number(s) of citation.

If you are citing the complete short story, you won't need to include page numbers. Cite the editor as "Ed. [First name, Last name]"

There are several online forms designed to help you put all the information you need into this format. I've included a link to one such website. Good luck!

MLA format just changed in Sept 2009 so you want to always be careful with what you find on the internet to make sure it has been recently updated. This information is from The Owl at Purdue. Most English teachers use this source:

Lastname, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication.

So, you can copy this format inserting the information from the anthology you are using. I have this text in a Prentice Hall Literature Anthology. No matter where you have found it, it should start like this to be MLA:

Connell, Richard. "The Most Dangerous Game."

If you have found this short story online, here is another sample citation:

Connell, Richard. "The Most Dangerous Game." Fiction: The Eserver Collection. 1994-2010. Web. 5 Sept. 2010.