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<!DOCTYPE html> – This shows your browser that you are using HTML5. Helpful info on the DOCTYPE declaration can be found here, but you don’t necessarily have to understand everything about this attribute.
<html> – This begins a series of nested HTML tags that make up your website.
<title> - Controls title on your browser bar
<head> – The “head” tag is where you can place tags such as your title, CSS stylesheet, and mobile view configuration codes.
<body> – The “body” tag consists of your content. Everything here will be visible on your page.
<h1>, <h2>, <h3> – Varying levels of headings
<p> – Paragraph
<a href=”URL”> – Hyperlink
<alt> – Alternative text for when element cannot be displayed
<strong> – Bold text
<br> – Single line break
<div> – Section in a document
<img> – Image
<em> - This text is emphasized
<span> – Groups inline elements (good for adding CSS without creating a paragraph break)
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