Aynne Mcavoy's Haunting On The Hill
Aynne McAvoy never lived a picture perfect childhood. In "Haunting on the Hill", Aynne speaks about the paranormal experiences she had as a child. When she was four years old, her parents moved their three children to an older home in Watertown, New York. Her father traveled often on business, so the family moved closer to their grandparents. The family did not realize how this move would affect their lives for years to come. The 50-year-old house came with an unique history. A history that was patiently, and quietly, waiting for the right family to activate it. Many people who do not believe in the paranormal falsely accuse the witnesses of fabricating experiences. McAvoy's article is convincing to the audience, because as they read the stories told the combination of pathos, background credibility, and well-structured composition makes the readers want to dig further into the article.
In the article, the appeal of pathos grabs the readers attention first hand. Living in a haunted house as a child was …show more content…
The way McAvoy writes, her sentences are short and to the point, yet intriguing enough to detail as to what had happened. In her writing, she uses many contractions and abbreviations, also resembling the shortness of her writing style. However, despite the length of the sentences, McAvoy does a phenomenal job on getting the point across and making this article interesting for whoever reads it. The article can be used as a reliable resource for one who is looking into digging deeper into the truth behind the paranormal. She provides stories on five different aspects she has encountered through the house to show more knowledge of what she can provide behind each story, making each one credible. McAvoy lays the stories out like a timeline, writing from the first of the experiences to one of the last before the family had put the house up for
In the article, the appeal of pathos grabs the readers attention first hand. Living in a haunted house as a child was …show more content…
The way McAvoy writes, her sentences are short and to the point, yet intriguing enough to detail as to what had happened. In her writing, she uses many contractions and abbreviations, also resembling the shortness of her writing style. However, despite the length of the sentences, McAvoy does a phenomenal job on getting the point across and making this article interesting for whoever reads it. The article can be used as a reliable resource for one who is looking into digging deeper into the truth behind the paranormal. She provides stories on five different aspects she has encountered through the house to show more knowledge of what she can provide behind each story, making each one credible. McAvoy lays the stories out like a timeline, writing from the first of the experiences to one of the last before the family had put the house up for