Which figure of speech is used in this text?
The spider skins lie on their sides, translucent and ragged, their legs drying in knots.
—Annie Dillard, Holy the Firm

 - assonance
 - chiasmus
The text uses assonance, the repetition of a vowel sound in a series of nearby words.
The words spider, lie, sides and drying share a vowel sound.