1. I like cupcakes.

2. The cupcake was as therapeutic as an hour with my counselor.
Simile

3. The smell of the cupcake was my grandmother herself- sitting in the kitchen with me talking and laughing as she taught me how to bake and how to live.
Metaphor and Symbol

4. I knew that I would die if I didn’t get one of those decadent cupcakes.
Hyperbole

5. Personification, Allusion, Oxymoron
The cupcake sang to me like a siren with its devilish goodness.
Personification, Allusion, Oxymoron

6. The long awaited ding of the timer signaled it was finally cupcake time!
Onomatopoeia