A Simple HTML Document

Example

My First Heading

My first paragraph.

Example Explained

1.The declaration defines this document to be

2.HTML5The element is the root element of an HTML

3.pageThe element contains meta information about the

4.documentThe element contains the visible page content

6.The

element defines a large heading

7.The

Element Defines a paragraph

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HTML Tags

HTML tags are element names surrounded by angle brackets:

content goes here...

HTML tags normally come in pairs like

and

The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tagThe end tag is written like the start tag, but with a forward slash inserted before the tag name


Tip: The start tag is also called the opening tag, and the end tag the closing tag.