You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.

[EX Q]: The price of soda was increasing at the store but going down at the market, since the _ had a shortage.
[EX A]: store

[EX Q]: The man found less clams at the beach than oysters, because the _ were abundant.
[EX A]: oysters

[EX Q]: Cory liked to pin his illustrations for anime on to storyboards as it made the _ more noticeable.
[EX A]:
illustrations