Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- A characteristic state of feeling
- 2 Across
- Speech you make to yourself
- 5 Across
- The act or process of ___ (plural)
- 8 Across
- The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
- 10 Across
- A ___ work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- 11 Across
- One of the two main constituents of a sentence
- 13 Across
- A pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
- 15 Across
- A style of expressing yourself in writing
- 16 Across
- A piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
- 1 Down
- A ___ number or quantity
- 3 Down
- The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
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- A formal expression by a meeting
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- The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
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- The character ___ or error of a ___ hero that leads to his downfall
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- The word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
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- A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
- 14 Down