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.

[Q]: Sentence 1: I was about to say that studies showed no connection. Sentence 2: I was about to speak.
[A]: slate


[Q]: Sentence 1: 'Not bad,' Derry said, circling the Clone Tank. Sentence 2: Derry said 'Not Bad' as he lowered himself into the Clone Tank.
[A]: fiction


[Q]: Sentence 1: The reality of John Malone is that he's someone able to see the value inherent in a mundane present--the present of cable wires and the E! Network--that everyone else was too quick to write off. Sentence 2: John Malone knew the E! Network was very valuable for the entertainment industry.
[A]:
slate