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A speaker argues, 'If we allow students to use cell phones in class, soon they'll be watching movies and ignoring all lectures. Eventually, no one will learn anything.' This argument exemplifies which logical fallacy?

A Ad hominem
B Hasty generalization
C Straw man
D Slippery slope

✓ Correct Answer: Option D

This argument exemplifies the slippery slope fallacy, which asserts that a relatively insignificant first event will lead to a chain of related, often negative, events, without sufficient evidence to support the claim.

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