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.

Sentence 1: These amended regulations on governing performance appraisals for senior executives require agencies to establish performance management systems Sentence 2: These amended regulations require agencies to develop a performance management system.
government

Sentence 1: As she was about to ring it, he arrested her hand. Sentence 2: She was going to ring the village bell to warn everyone.
fiction

Sentence 1: This excuse usually appears in the form of a corporate press release, because nobody can keep a straight face when it's spoken out loud. Sentence 2: The excuse almost always includes a joke.

slate