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: It was a steep learning curve for me, she said.  Sentence 2: The task was so difficult she thought of quitting. 

SOLUTION: government

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Eszterhas is a self-promoter but not a cynic. Sentence 2:  Eszterhas is a self-promoter but not a cynic.

SOLUTION: slate

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: oh yes that's right um-hum yeah i think a great strides are being made nowadays in in caring for the elderly you know in several in a whole lot of areas because people are of course population is getting older you know Sentence 2: I think the older generation is making great progress in taking care of the elderly. 

SOLUTION:
telephone