The argument "Either I can fix you the same old potatoes or I can fix you some delicious fried okra; I know you don't want to have the same old potatoes; so, I'll fix you some delicious fried okra" is an example of ________.
A. a hypothetical syllogism
B. a chain argument
C. a categorical syllogism
D. an argument by elimination
Answer: D
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