Miss, give me that cake. In this sentence, is the subject "you" since it is imperative, or is the subject Miss. If you think of the sentence like this: (You) give me the cake, miss, it seems like it would be intransitive with an active verb. Is that right?

The subject is "you" (understood), yes.

"Miss" is a noun of direct address.

The verb is "give" -- and it has a direct object, "cake."
Transitive? or intransitive?

transitive :)

Right!

Yes. The subject is the understood "you."

"Give" is a transitive verb because it has a direct object, "cake." It also has an indirect object, "me."

Intransitive verbs do not have objects.

The base word of "transitive," is trans-, a Latin word meaning "across." A transitive verb carries the action across from the subject to the object.

In the sentence "Miss, give me that cake," the subject is "you" and not "Miss." The subject of an imperative sentence is usually implied, referring to the person or group being addressed directly. In this case, "you" is the implied subject, as it is the person to whom the command is directed.

While it may seem like "Miss" could be the subject of the sentence if you rearrange the sentence structure as "(You) give me the cake, miss," it's important to note that imperatives are generally considered intransitive in English grammar. Intransitive verbs do not require a direct object, and in this case, the verb "give" is being used transitively with the object "me that cake."

To summarize, the subject of the sentence is "you," and the sentence is understood as an imperative with an intransitive verb being used transitively.