Show, Don't Tell

Telling:  It looked like a haunted house.

Showing: During the day, sunlight seemed to avoid the decrepit building:  old cedar shingles which covered the empty house had turned charcoal grey over time and the shadows that were cast into the yard seemed to take on shapes and characters of their own.  On nights when the full moon hung in the sky, however, the abandoned house came alive with unimaginably eerie noises and sights.  The ancient, moth-eaten curtains could be seen moving in front of the second story windows, lights flickered on and off sporadically, and the sound of a woman crying could be heard all the way down the street ...