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: Poirot, I cannot believe you are serious. Sentence 2: Poirot was not serous at all. 

SOLUTION: fiction

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: 'To warn you!' Sentence 2: The warning is there for you that the enemy is coming. 

SOLUTION: fiction

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: The cover story marvels at the Wild Bunch of egotistical celebrities (including Warren Beatty and Donald Trump) who are pondering third-party runs for the presidency. Sentence 2: Warren Beaty wants to run for Senator, according to the Times.

SOLUTION:
slate