# Using Semantic markup to mark emphasized or special text

## em and strong elements

...What the user really meant to say was, "This isn't ok, it is excellent!...

## blockquote and cite elements

The following is an excerpt from the The Story of my Life by Helen Keller

> Even in the days before my teacher came, I used to feel along the square stiff boxwood hedges, and, guided by the sense of smell, would find the first violets and lilies. There, too, after a fit of temper, I went to find comfort and to hide my hot face in the cool leaves and grass.

## q element

Helen Keller said, Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.

## sub and sup elements

Beth received 1st place in the 9th grade science competition.

The chemical notation for water is H2O.