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
not an enjoyable experience for McAvoy and her family. McAvoy's ability of recount the specific occurrences make the reader feel as if they were actually living through the experiences themselves. Under the subheading "Nightly Uproars," McAvoy speaks about the first of many paranormal experiences encountered in the new home. At night, the windows that stretched from floor-to-ceiling would rattle and shake. Scratching noises would often be heard around the windows, but the windows were on the second story, making it difficult for animals to reach. Having searched the property, her parents found nothing to explain the mysterious behavior. McAvoy's mother could not take the continued activity and took matters into her own hands. The three frightened daughters watched as their mother, with Bible in hand, commanded the evil forces to leave. Even as the shaking and rattling windows ceased, new activity began.
McAvoy uses personal occurrences of paranormal experiences to make her article more believable towards the readers. If one does not necessarily believe in the paranormal, McAvoy's detailing in the article may change viewpoints on the truth behind the haunted. As she is a third generation professional psychic, the line between fact or fiction when it comes to the paranormal is slim due to her knowledge in the profession. This may also be a reason as to why her family was plagued by the activity. She backs up her experiences with facts about the paranormal and attempts to rationally explain what was going on inside the house throughout the years. At the beginning of the article, McAvoy's lays out enough background information for the readers to get a taste of her life back in the day. For instance, what caused the family to move in the haunted house? Even descriptions of the house itself to give us an image of what it would look like.
The author writes this article in a informal tone, similarly written as if she were telling the stories verbally.
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
rent. McAvoy's article provides information to make the article trigger the emotions of the readers, provide credibility with her knowledge of what is going on, and laying out the article to make it easier for anyone to read it. She pulls the emotions of the readers by detailing her childhood experiences and fears she encountered in the house. Her knowledge behind the paranormal also backs up her article, making more believe if the paranormal is fact or fiction. McAvoy's article is well formatted and easy to read, resulting in a wide variety of readers to endorse the stories she has written. Readers can take away from this article that ghostly phenomenon can be frightful, especially at a young age, so beware of what you are likely to encounter when actively seeking these types of experiences.