The phrase "for literary effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing techniques or devices employed in writing to enhance the narrative or convey a particular mood or theme.
Example: "The author used vivid imagery for literary effect, painting a striking picture of the landscape."
Alternatives: "for artistic purposes" or "to enhance the narrative."
"It is so full of clever tricks — inventions for literary effect — that I was taken aback, even astonished.
Therefore it makes sense to talk about "God" in an Islamic context and to use "Allah" in quotations or for literary effect.
But he points out its subject is determinedly bleak not for literary effect, but because he really believes in its dark message.
Occasionally, he published articles that strained for literary effect — such as an extended comparison of a convicted drug dealer and Shakespeare's Richard III.
But the reader must be convinced that an author has a habit of accuracy, that he is genuinely trying to get at all the relevant facts, and that he will nor play fast and loose with them for literary effect.
I think that what he did was to select from his notes, perhaps change the order in which things were said, drop passages which did not interest him and then burnish up the best bits for literary effect.
He's self-conscious, sacrificing for the sake of literary effect the candid impulsivity of a letter meant to be read at the time it was written.
There may be instances when hyperbole or sarcasm are used for comic or literary effect.
Bob Dylan, who has said he "got in at the tail end," had read the Beats in Minneapolis, but apart from preparing him for the open road that he found in Woody Guthrie's Bound for Glory, the literary effects on his early lyrics are difficult to discern.
Their writing, which disdains impeccable logic, is no less thought-provoking for being instinct with passion and with arresting literary effects.
Krist's program at first produces some striking literary effects.
