Editing Alliteration (section)

{{Short description|Repetition of consonant sounds in literature}}
{{further|Alliterative verse|Alliteration (Latin)}}
[[File:GlasgowViaVeritasVita.jpg|thumb|[[Via et veritas et vita|''Via Veritas Vita'']] (lat. "The path of truth and life"). [[Motto]] of the [[University of Glasgow]].]]
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'''Alliteration''' is the repetition of [[syllable]]-initial [[consonant]] sounds between nearby words, or of syllable-initial [[vowel]]s if the syllables in question do not start with a consonant.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ferber |first=Michael |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108554152 |title=Poetry and Language |date=2019-09-05 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-55415-2 |pages=66}}</ref> It is often used as a [[List of narrative techniques#Style|literary device]]. A common example is "[[Peter Piper|Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers]]".