<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="/lib/jquery-1.12.2.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("button").click(function(){
        var x = $("p").get(0);
        $("div").text(x.nodeName + ": " + x.innerHTML);
    });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<p>This is a paragraph</p>

<button>Get the p DOM element</button>

<div></div>

</body>
</html>