Question

Hyperbole is a literary term for exaggeration. In this excerpt, Steven uses hyperbole to make a point. “I seriously think I could have sat in the middle of the kitchen floor rubbing two sticks together over a pile of dynamite blocks and gasoline cans, and my parents would have been oblivious, as long as I was keeping myself occupied.”

What is his point?

Answer 1

His point is that his parents would not pay attention, they would be focused on the fact that he was doing something that wasn't nothing.