Grace drops her cup of milk on the floor and looks at her mother while saying, "MILK!" In terms of language ability, Grace is expressing ______.

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Grace is using a single word, "MILK," to express a complete idea or sentence, which is characteristic of a holophrase. This is common in early language development when children use one word to convey a whole sentence's worth of meaning.

Grace Drops Her Cup of Milk on the Floor and Looks