Here are some common entities. You do not need to use the full code - there are common aliases for frequently used entities. For example, you can use < and > to indicate less than and greater than symbols. & is ampersand, etc.
EDIT: That should be - < > and &
EDIT: Another common character is  
which is often used to represent tabs in <code>
segments
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