$("*")	                Selects all elements
$(this)	                Selects the current HTML element
$("p.intro")	        Selects all <p> elements with class="intro"
$("p:first")	        Selects the first <p> element	Try it
$("ul li:first")	Selects the first <li> element of the first <ul>
$("ul li:first-child")	Selects the first <li> element of every <ul>
$("[href]")	        Selects all elements with an href attribute
$("a[target='_blank']")	Selects all <a> elements with a target attribute value equal to "_blank"	Try it
$("a[target!='_blank']")	Selects all <a> elements with a target attribute value NOT equal to "_blank"	Try it
$(":button")	Selects all <button> elements and <input> elements of type="button"	Try it
$("tr:even")	Selects all even <tr> elements	Try it
$("tr:odd")	Selects all odd <tr> elements