def make_context(**kwargs):
    """Factory to create a context dictionary containing the given kwargs.

    :param kwargs:  Any key-value pairs.
    :return:        A dictionary of the following form:
                    {
                        'step_data': {},
                        <key 1 from kwargs>: <value 1 from kwargs>,
                        ...
                    }
    """
    context = {
        'step_data': {},
    }
    context.update(kwargs)
    return context