Paragraphs, Emphasis, and Quotations

What this is. Beyond headings, HTML has elements for the ordinary parts of writing. Each carries meaning that a browser, a search engine, or a screen reader can act on.

p groups related prose into a paragraph.

strong marks something as important.

em marks emphasis, the word you would stress when reading aloud.

blockquote marks a quotation from another source.

cite names that source.

time marks a machine-readable date.

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Your turn → Add a second paragraph to the blockquote. Notice that blockquote contains paragraphs rather than replacing them, because a quotation can be several paragraphs long.

✦ The datetime attribute

Humans read 13 August 2026. Machines cannot reliably parse that, and there are a dozen regional formats for the same day. The datetime attribute gives an unambiguous machine-readable value alongside whatever wording you choose to display.

◈ Graded Build

Build the About section of your portfolio with a correct outline. It needs one h1 reading About, two h2 sections, a paragraph containing a strong element, and a blockquote containing a paragraph.

Checked against the page you actually render, not against how you wrote it. 3 visible and 3 hidden checks.

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