Formatting a single word in a line of text using CSS

Hi,

I would like to know how to format a single line of text in a text using a class. I’m able to format using an entire element but I want to focus on a specific text.

Here is the visual text: The fox is a lazy jumper.

I want to change a specific word in color and size. Here is what I have in the code now

The fox is a <p class=”word”;>lazy</p> jumper.

In my custom CSS, I have the following class:

.word {
color: red;
font-size: 20px;
}

I’ve tried this and am unable to get this to work. Please advise what I could be doing wrong.

sl