import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

x_nums = [2, 5, 7, 8, 11]
y_nums = [3, 5, 2, 6, 12]

# When passing many parameters to a function, we can improve code readability
# by adding line breaks so the parameters are stacked vertically

plt.plot(
    x_nums,
    y_nums,
    marker="*",
    linestyle="dotted",           # or ls
    linewidth=4,                  # or lw
    color="LightCoral",           # or c
    markersize=12,                # or ms
    markeredgecolor="Navy",       # or mec
    markerfacecolor="PowderBlue" # or mfc
)

plt.show()