The basic elements of an HTML page are:

A text header, denoted using the 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
 tags.
A paragraph, denoted using the 
 tag.
A horizontal ruler, denoted using the 
 tag.
A link, denoted using the  (anchor) tag.
A list, denoted using the 
 (unordered list), 
 (ordered list) and 
 (list element) tags.
An image, denoted using the  tag
A divider, denoted using the 
 tag
A text span, denoted using the  tag