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An example of how making a sentence more passive gives it power:

• "I found a cockroach on my front door when I showed up to my lease signing."
• "When I showed up to my lease signing, I found a cockroach on my front door."
• "When I showed up to my lease signing, on my front door I found a cockroach."

As the sentence gets more passive, and the surprising term gets shifted to the end of the sentence, it creates more of a reward for finishing the sentence. Passive constructions help you strategically withold information.

Another variation:

• "When I showed up to my lease signing, I found a surprise on my front door: a cockroach."