TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a pair of sentences, sentence 1 and sentence 2. Your job is to write a single word that describes the genre that the two sentences belong to, such as face-to-face, government, letters, 9/11, slate, telephone, travel, verbatim, oup, fiction.
PROBLEM: Sentence 1: 'My friend and I require some privacy.' Sentence 2: I need a little space.

SOLUTION: fiction

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: The wine produced on the island was prized for many centuries, but a bout of Phylloxera disease killed the vines, and a large earthquake in 1965 destroyed the island's major settlement. Sentence 2: The wine production was never halted due to plant diseases.

SOLUTION: travel

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Feminists approve of the novel, about an aging rock star and her two abandoned children, because it coldly documents the woman's abuse and is clear-eyed about the economic forces that shape women's lives (Valerie Sayers, the New York Times Book Review ). Others say Allison leans precariously toward melodrama and tries too hard for gut-wrenching emotion (Phyllis Richardson, the Los Angeles Times Book Review ). Sentence 2: Feminists thought the movie was a good portrayal of women's issues.

SOLUTION:
slate