How do you silence all alerts except phone and alarm?

I want to silence all alerts (texts, emails, etc) except for phone calls and the alarm like I could with my blackberry.
My new iPhone 5c is a huge upgrade from the BB other than the lack of Sound Profiles.
I've read a post about plugging the headphones in so that the other alerts play through them, but the phone and alarm still sound out, but this does not appeal to me as I don't typically use earbuds.  Matter of fact, the ones that came with the phone are still in the box.
If this is the only option, I think it's a bit chintzy, but I can go with it.
Thank you for your comments.

One option that I can think of is enabling Do Not Disturb.  It will allow alarms and gives you different options for allowing phone calls.  You can have it enabled "always" or "only while iPhone is locked".

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