| A | B |
| selector | the HTML element you want to style |
| declaration | this consists of a property and a value |
| property | the style attribute you want to change |
| semicolon | A CSS declaration always ends with this |
| curly brackets | declaration groups are surrounded by these |
| period | The class selector uses the HTML class attribute, and is defined with this |
| css | the extension used to define an external style sheet |
| link | the tag used to connect an external style sheet to your html page |
| style | the tag used to add style internally to a web page |
| head | the tag where either internal or external style must be placed |
| background-color | property specifies the background color of an element |
| body | background color of a page is defined in this selector |
| text-align | property is used to set the horizontal alignment of a text |
| font-family | the property used to set the specific type of font you want to use, like Arial |
| font-style | the property mostly used to specify italic text |
| font-size | property used to specify the size of text desired |
| font-weight | property used to define the thickness of characters |
| background-image | the value must start with url & have parenthesis & single quotes around the file name |
| colon | symbol used between property and value in CSS rules |
| semicolon | must be used at the end of all declarations and between them |