CSS ✔✔Cascading Style Sheets control the appearance and placement of HTML elements on a page. selector ✔✔The part of a CSS rule which specifies which element(s) are to be styled. declaration ✔✔Property name and value separated by a colon and terminated with a semicolon, for example... Font-family: sans serif; property ✔✔The part of a CSS rule which specifies WHICH TYPE of modification to apply to HTML elements. value ✔✔The part of the CSS rule which specifies HOW the property/attribute will be modified ID Selector ✔✔A selector that identifies only ONE element within an HTML document. Preceded by a # sign. Class Selector ✔✔A selector that applies the same attribute to MULTIPLE HTML elements that reference it. Preceded by a . (period). Syntax ✔✔Arrangement of words and symbols in a language. Inline CSS Style ✔✔CSS coded IN THE BODY of the HTML code as a STYLE ATTRIBUTE

in an HTML tag. Limited to styling one element at a time. Internal CSS Style ✔✔CSS coded in the HEAD of the HTML code inside of tags. Limited to that one HTML page. (also known as embedded) External Style Sheet ✔✔CSS coded in a SEPARATE CSS FILE that controls the formatting of elements on any web page that links to the .css file. Rule ✔✔A complete CSS style statement: selector, property, and value. Properties REQUIRED to make a border ✔✔Style is required (width and color are optional) Property used to change the color of text ✔✔Color Property used to fill a div or change the color behind your content ✔✔Background-color Property used to make your text italic ✔✔font-style Property used to make your text have Small Caps ✔✔font-variant Property used to make your text bold ✔✔font-weight Property used to make your text bigger/smaller ✔✔font-size Property used to select the style/type of your font ✔✔font-family Serif ✔✔Font-family with decorative edges Sans-Serif ✔✔Font-family without decorative edges Margin ✔✔The space around an element, separating it from other elements Padding ✔✔The space inside of an element, separating its contents from its outer edge