An author might use many types of evidence to support his or her claims. It is important to recognize different types of evidence and to evaluate whether they actually support the author's claims. In this article, Price relies most heavily on eyewitness testimony (items 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11). He also relies on expert or celebrity testimonials (item 1), physical evidence-or lack of it-(items 7 and 9), and statements of fact (item 3) and opinion (item 2).

Eyewitness testimony (items 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11). For some people, eyewitness accounts alone are enough to convince them that haunted houses are genuine. However, a scientist would examine such accounts carefully because eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.

Perhaps you know about the eyewitness experiment in which a group of people is sitting in a classroom listening to a lecture or doing some other activity. Suddenly, the classroom door bursts open...