Identify the figurative language used in the sentence below (taken from the text):

“…they [rumors] were now for the most part black creatures who flapped their wings drearily near to the ground and refused to rise on any wings of hope.”

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simile
simile

metaphor
metaphor

alliteration
alliteration
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metaphor

is this answer correct

Yes, the correct answer is metaphor. The sentence compares rumors to black creatures with wings that refuse to rise on any wings of hope.