I am just directing you to a great tutorial for how you can add particle effects to your game. You can download the images for the tutorial here.
Download the three images for the tutorial (circle, diamond, star) from here, OR from the tutorial website.
RB Whittaker has some great tutorials for Monogame. Check out some of his other stuff as well. Here is the link to the Particle Effects tutorial:
http://rbwhitaker.wikidot.com/2d-particle-engine-1
Here is a solution to the tutorial: