OBLICUUS FIGURES The third group of LITERARY OR RHETORICAL FIGURES consists of the THOUGHT FIGURES. These are : 3 . 1 Amplification figures3 . 2 Accumulation figures3 . 3 Logical figures3 . 4 OBLIQUE FIGURES3 . 4 . 1 Perifrasis or circumlocution or circumlocution3 . 4 . 2 Lithotes or attenuation3 . 4 . 3 Pretermission, Preterition or Paralipsis3 . 5 Definition figures3 . 6 Dialogue or pathetic figures3 . 7 Dialectical figures ode argumentation 3 . 8 Fictional figuresOblique figures designate a reality in an indirect way, with the intention of beautifying the description
