A paragraph is a block element, containing paragraphs of content. It might span multiple lines, it might not.
Now for an example including an img
element:
Tux, originally drawn as a raster image by Larry Ewing in 1996 (source:
Wikipedia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux_(mascot))
Here are some examples of special characters:
Example using pre and code elements for content representing a fragment of C++ code:
int count = 0;
while (count < 10)
{
cout << "Look: " << count << endl;
count++;
}
Consider: This is emphasized. As compared to: This is strongly emphasized.
A well-stated rationale for writing semantic HTML can be found in Section 3.2.1 of the HTML standard.
You can read more about block and inline elements at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Block-level_elements and https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Inline_elements.