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Welcome back!

Are you feeling a little more comfortable
with HTML tags

now that you've typed some yourself?

We have a bunch more tags to cover

so you'll be tagging
all over the place soon.

Now, do you remember this
paragraph about rabbits?

I'm a bit worried that the aliens
might read it in a monotone voice.

And they won't pay attention

to the really important
words and phrases in it.

So I want to markup the parts
that they should emphasize.

We can start by using the `` tag,
which stands for emphasis.

We use it whenever we want to to indicate

where we would
emphasize a word while speaking.

Like, if I want the aliens to say,

"The most orange vegetables in OUR world."

Then I can wrap the
"our" in an `` tag.

The browser will see the ``,

and then italicize the text inside of it
to show the emphasis.

Now the aliens will
really realize that I'm

talking about OUR world not theirs,

because I don't know
anything about their world

and what their vegetables look like.

What if the aliens are
just skimming the text?

What if they don't even read
the entire amazing paragraph that I wrote?

In that case, I want to make sure
a few key phrases stand out.

And I can use a `` tag for that.

Probably the most important fact,
is how much rabbits reproduce.

Because I wouldn't want
aliens taking rabbits home with them

and then being mad at us when the
rabbits eventually overpopulate them

and take over their government.

So, I will wrap this
fact in a `` tag.

Alright, the browser
will see the ``,

and then bold the text inside of it,
to make sure that it stands out.

We can even combine `` and``,

and put them inside of each other.

Like if I want the aliens to say,

"More than any human ever has."

Then I can wrap the "ever" in an `` .

Okay, now I'm happy, I think
they'll really pay attention.

And now you've got two more
tags in your HTML toolbox.

Use them, but don't abuse them.