HTML Basics Exam Study Guide
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Elements - ANSWER✔✔-Individual sections of code that, together, make
up an html document. Each element consists of an opening tag, closing tag,
and content between the tags.
Ex) <p>This is one element</p>
*Some elements do not have closing tags (like image elements)
*Elements can also include other elements inside them. This is called
nesting.
Tags - ANSWER✔✔-Tags are basic labels that define and separate parts of
your markup into elements. They are comprised of a keyword surrounded
by angle brackets <>. Content goes between two tags and the closing one is
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,prefixed with a slash (Note: there are some self-closing HTML tags, like
image tags).
Ex)
<tag attribute='value'>content</tag keyword>
Heading Element - ANSWER✔✔-Designates page headings and sub-
headings, allowing you to break up the document into logical sections.
There are 6 levels of them (h1-h6). h1 is for the main heading of the page.
h1 will have the largest text size and h6 will have the smallest.
Opening tag: <h1>
Closing tag: </h1>
Paragraph Element - ANSWER✔✔-This tag designates paragraphs. It often
has other elements nested inside of it, such as <img/>, <a>, <strong> and
<em>.
Opening tag: <p>
Closing tag: </p>
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, Hyperlink Element (a element) - ANSWER✔✔-Allows for the creation of
linked text and images. It uses the "href" attribute, which equals the
website address (URL) being linked to. You also choose the link text that
users see on the page (the text you add between the opening and closing
tags).
Opening tag: <a href="attribute value">
Between tags: link text
Closing tag: </a>
Ex) <a href="https://www.google.com/">Search</a>
Image Element - ANSWER✔✔-Used to add images to web pages. Inside
the opening tag is the "src" attribute, which gives the address (URL) of the
image.
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Solutions
Elements - ANSWER✔✔-Individual sections of code that, together, make
up an html document. Each element consists of an opening tag, closing tag,
and content between the tags.
Ex) <p>This is one element</p>
*Some elements do not have closing tags (like image elements)
*Elements can also include other elements inside them. This is called
nesting.
Tags - ANSWER✔✔-Tags are basic labels that define and separate parts of
your markup into elements. They are comprised of a keyword surrounded
by angle brackets <>. Content goes between two tags and the closing one is
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,prefixed with a slash (Note: there are some self-closing HTML tags, like
image tags).
Ex)
<tag attribute='value'>content</tag keyword>
Heading Element - ANSWER✔✔-Designates page headings and sub-
headings, allowing you to break up the document into logical sections.
There are 6 levels of them (h1-h6). h1 is for the main heading of the page.
h1 will have the largest text size and h6 will have the smallest.
Opening tag: <h1>
Closing tag: </h1>
Paragraph Element - ANSWER✔✔-This tag designates paragraphs. It often
has other elements nested inside of it, such as <img/>, <a>, <strong> and
<em>.
Opening tag: <p>
Closing tag: </p>
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, Hyperlink Element (a element) - ANSWER✔✔-Allows for the creation of
linked text and images. It uses the "href" attribute, which equals the
website address (URL) being linked to. You also choose the link text that
users see on the page (the text you add between the opening and closing
tags).
Opening tag: <a href="attribute value">
Between tags: link text
Closing tag: </a>
Ex) <a href="https://www.google.com/">Search</a>
Image Element - ANSWER✔✔-Used to add images to web pages. Inside
the opening tag is the "src" attribute, which gives the address (URL) of the
image.
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