What are emphasis markers?

Emphasis markers are tools that help us highlight important parts of a message.

Imagine you're telling a story to your friend, and you want to make sure they know this part is really important. You might say it louder or use hand gestures. Emphasis markers work like that, they show which words or phrases we want to focus on.

Think of emphasis markers as highlighter pens for writing. When you write something down, and you want someone else to notice a specific word or phrase, you can put a symbol before and after it, like a highlighter frame. These symbols are called emphasis markers, and they help the reader know that part is extra special.

For example, if you're writing "I love ice cream", the bold around love means you want to draw attention to that word, just like using a highlighter pen on paper!

You can use different kinds of emphasis markers, like italics or bold text, and they all do the same job: they help us say, "Hey, look at this part!"