Get started with the building blocks of HTML, the markup language at the core of the internet.

Web Essentials

HTML is used to design standard web pages by using multiple tags and it can be used with multiple assistive languages like CSS and Javascript. In this module, you will learn about HTML tags from scratch. This module will also teach you how to code and create your own web pages using HTML in this interactive web development module for beginners.

Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML)

The **``** tag stands for _emphasis_. It is used to stress a piece of text.

The `` tag italicizes the text as its default behaviour, as shown in the snippet below:

```CSS
em { 
 font-style: italic;
}
```
The behavior of the `` tag can be changed by adding more CSS properties.

## Syntax
```HTML
 Text goes here 
```

## Example

The code snippet below shows how the `em` tag can be used in HTML:

The **``** tag stands for _emphasis_. It is used to stress a piece of text.

The `` tag italicizes the text as its default behaviour, as shown in the snippet below:

```CSS
em { 
 font-style: italic;
}
```
The behavior of the `` tag can be changed by adding more CSS properties.

# Syntax
```HTML
 Text goes here 
```

# Example

The code snippet below shows how the `em` tag can be used in HTML:

Before We Begin

HTML Tags

Semantic Web Page Layout with HTML

Self Evaluation

Conclusion

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